+1 on flow control tuning, seems all Mimosa products require some tweaking of the flow control (I have adtran, microtik, and netonix switches)
On Jan 24, 2017 11:05 PM, "Faisal Imtiaz" <fai...@snappytelecom.net> wrote: > 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 <(305)%20663-5518> > > Help-desk: (305)663-5518 <(305)%20663-5518> 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 > > > >
