What version for firmware is on the radio ? and What your SNR on the two chains (both directions, i.e. 4 readings).
I can tell you that we do not see the behavior you are describing below... But I can also tell you that we had to do some 'tuning' on settings including flow control .. our B11's plug into netonix Switches.... Regards. Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet & Telecom 7266 SW 48 Street Miami, FL 33155 Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net > From: "Chris Wright" <ch...@velociter.net> > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2017 8:02:58 PM > Subject: [AFMUG] B11, TDMA, and TCP > According to Mimosa, I should be telling my customers that if they’re using > the > most popular metric in the world for testing internet speeds, they’re doing it > wrong (I concede that while this may be technically correct, my customers – > and > yours too – don’t do technically correct very well.” > When TDMA is set to 75/25, 8ms window, MAC Tx/Rx is 980/290. This gives me as > much Tx bandwidth as I require for peak times, but no one client IP can > download more than 20mbps of TCP traffic (from my speedtest.net at the edge, > nor anyone else’s beyond my edge). > When TDMA is Auto, MAC Tx/Rx is 780/780 (lower Tx, which is undesirable as > it’s > 100mbps shy of what I need during peak hours), but TCP throughput per client > is > greatly increased (150+mbps). > So I’m in a pickle. Either my scrupulous customers can get those coveted > speedtest.net results they love seeing as they run them every thirty seconds > ad-nauseum at the cost of overall Tx capacity of the link. Or I give myself > some headroom in link capacity but the fastest speeds my 100mbps clients can > see is 20mbps. > What’s even stranger is that client upload seems unaffected. I can upload > 150+mbps from my test on the link no matter what TDMA is configured. I hit up > Mimosa’s chat support was as chipper as they were unyielding in their idea > that > I should test in a way that caters to the B11’s shortcomings. I’ve been a > Mimosa fanboy for a while now but boy am I feeling burned right now. > Chris Wright > Network Administrator
