have you checked for noise with the spectrum analyzer both at the AP and SM side? (on the AP side you will need to turn off or put in spectrum analyzer mode all the other APs)
how many APs are on the tower? what channel size are you using? we've only used the cambium sectors and they work great for us. also update everything to 13.2 On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 8:40 AM, Craig House via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: > We are using KP antennas and on these for the APs we are using integrated > SM's with dishes for the SM's also KP dishes although we have tried others > as well and all of these are clean line of sight shots some of them can see > the entire tower at which we are mounted 240 feet up > Oddly enough the ones that do not have the best line of sight seem to be > some of the ones that stay connected the best > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Dec 2, 2014, at 09:33, Sean Heskett via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: > > Are these links LOS, nLOS or NLOS? > > Are you using v13.2 firmware on both the AP and SM? > > Are you using the cambium sectors or another brand? > > I wouldn't recommend omnis for any links longer than 2milies with clear > LOS. > > Are you using integrated or connectorized SMs? > > If connectorized SMs the what antenna are the SMs using? > > > > On Tuesday, December 2, 2014, Craig House via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: > >> We have tried both sectors and omni both with and without dishes we have >> a great deal of difficulty keeping customers connected to the APs even at >> very short distances >> We have multiple customers that are 1 to 2 miles away with a dish that >> are getting -68-ish signals but will reregister 5 to 6 times a day or more >> We have a 4.8 mile shot on a dish that we can't get good throughput on >> even though it doesn't drop registration we are trying to run in a 20 MHz >> channel however >> At this point we have pretty much given up on them and started taking >> them all down but I thought it was worth asking in case we were using the >> wrong antennas >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On Dec 2, 2014, at 09:18, Ken Hohhof via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: >> > >> > When you say you have had little success, what were you expecting it to >> do, that it didn't? >> > >> > Regarding antenna, my recollection is that it's dual slant, and will >> automatically correct for swapped polarizations (e.g. if you use a >> reflector), but not for using dual slant at one end and V/H at the other >> (like ePMP can do because that magic is baked into the 802.11 chip). >> > >> > I've had good luck with it, kind of midway between 2.4 and 5 GHz but >> with clean spectrum (especially if you use the upper 25 MHz where Ubiquiti >> doesn't play), somewhat different EIRP rules, and tough to use >10 MHz >> channels. >> > >> > Are you using sectors, or an omni at the AP? >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- From: Craig House via Af >> > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 9:08 AM >> > To: af@afmug.com >> > Subject: [AFMUG] 3.65 450 >> > >> > Had a discussion with one of my coworkers this morning regarding the >> 450 cambium 3.65 radios >> > We have tried it in a couple of locations with little success he >> believes that the 3.65 is not a dual slant radio but rather just dual >> polarity. Can someone tell me who is right? >> > >> > Sent from my iPhone >> > >> >
