In PTP mode, you can set the ePMP AP to only allow a specific MAC, but that's the only kind of MAC locking I know of... preferred AP just sets SSID and security. It may have been different in really old versions, but I don't think so.
A rescan timer would be really, really nice. I normally don't set a preferred AP at all, so if an AP goes down for whatever reason, any SMs that can see another AP will jump over there and sit there forever until they get rebooted or kicked off, which isn't ideal. On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 11:02 AM, George Skorup <george.sko...@cbcast.com> wrote: > I think you may be remembering wrong. I've never seen an SM get locked to > an AP MAC. It's just SSID and WPA2 key. So if either of those are wrong, > then yeah, you're screwed unless you can remember exactly what the old AP > had configured. > > The "lock to AP MAC" is an UBNT thing when using connect from a survey. > The field guys would use that all the time and it really bit us in the ass > when an AP died. > > I have a default config for SMs now that's DHCP, our default WPA2 key and > no preferred APs. A field tech can put it up and call in. Almost like using > ICC on Canopy. Office tech logs in and set the preferred APs and all that. > > But I totally agree. ePMP needs a rescan timer like Canopy. Obviously with > Canopy, this setting is sent down to the SMs from the AP. It would be > perfectly fine with me if implemented on the SM only. If you're not using > the preferred AP list, then maybe this won't help you though. > > On 4/10/2017 10:45 AM, Nate Burke wrote: > > I don't think I've seen that setting anywhere. Maybe the newer firmware > has gotten rid of the MAC of the AP. I'm not seeing that now, just the > SSID. Or maybe I'm remembering it wrong, and I didn't have the SSID Set > exactly the same on the replacement AP and nothing was linking up to it. > > On 4/10/2017 10:39 AM, Adam Moffett wrote: > > Whoa baby. Can you clone the MAC of the old AP? > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Nate Burke" <n...@blastcomm.com> > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: 4/10/2017 11:34:19 AM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] overlap on ePMP sectors ? > > Seperate SSID per sector, but not the Preferred AP scan list in the SM. I > got bit early on with that since it locks to the MAC of the AP, changed a > sectors after a storm and had to go visit all the SM's to update the > preferred AP List so they could link up again. > > > On 4/10/2017 10:30 AM, Adam Moffett wrote: > > All on the same SSID? Or different SSID on each sector? > > I think the preferred AP list is looked at in top down order. If the top > one goes away (reboot or whatever) I assume you move to a lower one, but I > don't see a rescan after x minutes option. > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Josh Luthman" <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> > To: "af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com> <af@afmug.com> > Sent: 4/10/2017 11:14:51 AM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] overlap on ePMP sectors ? > > ePMP doesn't automatically jump between sectors at all. I tested this > with 3.2 in the last few months. There are a bunch of customers getting > -75 from the south facing sector when east is -60. It's been a good month > on the wrong sector at this point. I expect a manual rescan or reboot > would fix it. > > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 <(937)%20552-2340> > Direct: 937-552-2343 <(937)%20552-2343> > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 10:37 AM, Nate Burke <n...@blastcomm.com> wrote: > >> I normally deploy 4 120 sectors on a tower. ABAB frequency. No issues >> observed Keep 5mhz guard between AB and you should be fine. Almost all >> customers can see more than 1 sector. Just waiting for automatic rescan in >> EPMP to automatically put them back on the strongest sector after an AP >> Reboot. >> >> >> On 4/10/2017 9:31 AM, Adam Moffett wrote: >> >> Disclaimer: I haven't done it. >> >> I'm thinking if you put a guard band between the adjacent sectors you'll >> be fine. If the F/B ratio is comparable to the Cambium sector antenna then >> you should be able to do F/B re-use. It takes a pretty high F/B ratio >> though. >> >> >> ------ Original Message ------ >> From: "Paul McCall" <pa...@pdmnet.net> >> To: "af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com> <af@afmug.com> >> Sent: 4/10/2017 10:21:58 AM >> Subject: [AFMUG] overlap on ePMP sectors ? >> >> We have 3 KP Performance 120 degree sectors on a tower with ePMP. It was >> the first tower we did with ePMP, and hindsight being 20/20 I would have >> done 40 90s to get the F/B Frequency reuse benefit. >> >> >> >> If we add another 120 and make them all N S E W (4 total) I would have >> about 30 degrees of overlap per sector. What is that going to do with ePMP >> performance, if anything? >> >> >> >> Paul >> >> >> >> Paul McCall, President >> >> PDMNet, Inc. / Florida Broadband, Inc. >> >> 658 Old Dixie Highway >> >> Vero Beach, FL 32962 >> >> 772-564-6800 <%28772%29%20564-6800> >> >> pa...@pdmnet.net >> >> www.pdmnet.com >> >> www.floridabroadband.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > >
