Well, being part of this list has helped tremendously for a startup like us. We only have a couple of units, primarily and AB indoor and only one APPO. It's worked great but as we're looking to add a couple of APs, we've been hesitant with all these issues regarding the existing product line and the fact that a new line is due out soon. We're taking a "wait and see" approach for the time being.
Laurence Laforga Waipahu.Net, LLC. > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > > LOL... Almost sounds like what I've been doing... There's one tower that > I've been up on so many times trying to fix it's sad. At first, I always > had people out there wondering why I was up there. Now they don't think > anything about it. I'm up on it about 3 times a month at least. > > We finally just decided to mount the ant's at the top, run the RF cable down > the side (at around $1.50/foot) and put amp's on it to regain the signal. > At least now when I need to replace a unit, it only takes about 10 min... > > I keep saying it... STOP the new features, and START getting us some stable > stuff. I could care less if it can jump over the moon and cook me > breakfast, lunch, and dinner... if I have to > reset/replace/re-config/touch/look/whatever to the unit more than once every > few months... the TCO AND LOSS OF CUSTOMERS get's to be too high... > > I've experanced soooo many "weird" problems... I get everything setup and > working great... and it stays that way for a few days... then goes the > oppsite very quickly... I power cycle a few units here and there... do a > "reset to factory" there and here... reconfig them... and wham... it's all > working for a while... > > Want to see something "weird" Here's the ESSID currently on one of my AP's > "mc_q120_`lwt" Last week, that was "mc_w120_bnwt" Now the 'w' being a > 'q' I could probably write off as being fat fingerd (although I did check it > after it was set)... but what about the 'b' and 'n'? > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bobby Bounds > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 19:53 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [smartBridges] We've just about had it > > > [Shawn Mitchell] <SNIP> > > We installed a new AP Pro Indoor that we discovered turned out to be > shorting out against it's case. It is difficult to remotely monitor and > reset this equipment. This causes expensive truck rolls. The worst part is > that it makes you look really stupid in front of the customer when you have > to show up every week and/or ask them to cycle power on their equipment many > times per month. Maybe if there was phone support we could have avoided > mistakes on our part. Don't see how SB could afford that considering the low > price point of their products. The issue for us is the reliability of our > infrastructure. I just don't see SmartBridges equipment being reliable > enough for a WISP infrastructure. > > <SNIP> > > > > Bobby Bounds > > Airwave Internet, LLC > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > Laurence Laforga President TIRGON Communications The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://198.63.203.6
