It's a good idea to reboot ANYTHING that has been up that long before doing a firmware upgrade.
On Sep 14, 2012, at 11:52, Travis Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry... I don't agree that Ubiquiti is in the same category as Cisco or > Motorola. I have Cisco switches and routers with 5+ YEARS of uptime. My > main Cisco switch is moving over 1500Mbps of graphic daily and has been > up for over 2+ years. > > We have had many Ubiquiti radios that if they have more than 100 days > uptime, you have to reboot them BEFORE doing a firmware upgrade or else > when they come back they won't pass traffic (even though they are > connected via wireless). > > Travis > Microserv > > On 9/14/2012 9:42 AM, Matt Hoppes wrote: >> Greg, >> I don't ever recall seeing bleeding-edge firmware with bugs released >> from Ubiquiti.... unless you mean the betas? But that's what they >> are... betas. Since 5.3.3 up to the current 5.5.2 release I haven't >> had any problems with the final releases of software. >> >> I can't count the number of Linksys, DLink, Hawking, whatever wireless >> routers we've replaced for customers because they had problems with >> their Internet. We put in a Power AP-N, or an AirRouter and we never >> hear from them again. >> >> Truth be told... Ubiquiti equipment just runs... it doesn't need >> rebooted. It doesn't need babysat. It just runs. >> >> No I am not being paid to make these statements. I just have many years >> working in IT. I've used Cisco, MikroTik, Alvarion, Motorola and now >> Ubiquiti. The Ubiquiti equipment just works. I have a backhaul that's >> been up for over a year with no reboots.... and no problems. >> >> Matt Hoppes >> Director of Information Technology >> Indigo Wireless >> +1 (570) 723-7312 >> >> On 9/14/12 11:20 AM, Greg Ihnen wrote: >>> Are people going to be able to tolerate the bleeding-edge cycle of >>> bugs/firmware updates that has been the history with their wireless gear? >>> >>> Once again they're breaking new ground, this time with low cost/high pps >>> throughput. Will they be able to make it powerful (rich feature set) >>> /and/ easy? >>> >>> It's going to have to be really good to make people switch. >>> >>> Maybe they're going for a niche market of people who want only features >>> relevant to the WISP market (bandwidth management, bandwidth accounting >>> etc, vlans) and not people who want a do-all box like MT which has a lot >>> of features most WISPs probably don't use (BGP and the forwarding >>> protocols come to mind). >>> >>> Greg >>> >>> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Paolo Di Francesco >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all >>> >>> I see that Ubiquiti is launching a new product, a router. >>> >>> Well, personally, I do not think that it's a good idea, hard market and >>> I really do not see a real reason why I should buy the Ubiquiti router >>> instead of other well knows products >>> >>> From my perspective the value or a core/edge router is not only in the >>> number of packets, it's more into the number of bugs and instabilities. >>> >>> A new product has less or more bugs/instabilities than others working >>> since years in my network? >>> >>> I am not sure that I want to restart thinking new workarounds for a new >>> brand. >>> >>> Comments? >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> Ing. Paolo Di Francesco >>> >>> Level7 s.r.l. unipersonale >>> >>> Sede operativa: Largo Montalto, 5 - 90144 Palermo >>> >>> C.F. e P.IVA 05940050825 >>> Fax : +39-091-8772072 <tel:%2B39-091-8772072> >>> assistenza: (+39) 091-8776432 <tel:%28%2B39%29%20091-8776432> >>> web: http://www.level7.it >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wireless mailing list >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wireless mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wireless mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
