RE: [smartBridges] APPO issues in Bridging and Repeater Modes

[Jeremy Oswalt]

No, but I am getting ready to.  I know I have had issues with reaching the Smartbridges and APPO’s before and have discovered that most of the time it was an IP issue.  They function considerably different than the older firmware.  In most cases, the search does not pick up the AP or AB’s.  I usually manually type in the IP address.  I panicked once because after upgrading I couldn’t attach to the APPO, but after resetting it with the SimpleDeploy and discovering that the search didn’t always work, all was well.  I would assume in your case, that you tried manually typing the IP in.   I also had trouble getting used to the gateway address.  I have one big subnet, so my configuration is rather simple, but I am reconfiguring my entire network to be a little more efficient and am in the process of adding a couple wiPOP’s.  I have discovered that only about half of the complaints on the list are legitimate and the other half just need some basic training.  I’m just extremely cautious about these issues because I am about to bank the farm on the product.  So far, the Indoor’s functions wonderfully, which is how I do most of my installs.  The outdoor products seem to have some issues, but I am more concerned about the APPO’s which is why I responded to your post. J  I am about to order 6 of them (4 for 2 bachauls and 2 as APs).  I may stick to my original plan and put an AMP on the AP’s so I don’t have to climb the tower if something goes wrong with the AP.   Jeremy   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd Barber Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 12:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [smartBridges] APPO issues in Bridging and Repeater Modes   Are you using your APPO in these modes without issues?   Todd Barber Skylink Broadband Internet [EMAIL PROTECTED] 970-346-1834   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeremy Oswalt Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 10:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [smartBridges] APPO issues in Bridging and Repeater Modes   I’d be curious as to what your IP settings are, as well as some of the other configuration settings.   Jeremy   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd Barber Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 12:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [smartBridges] APPO issues in Bridging and Repeater Modes   I have been playing with a couple of APPO units that we have ordered for replacement and expansion.  I am experiencing the following symptoms:   Set up one APPO as AP Set up second APPO as Client Bridge   If I power the first APPO before powering the client bridge unit I am unable to log into the client bridge from either the wireless or the LAN side with the administrator password.   I receive the following error – Can not read the airPoint Pro configuration.  Please check the community password.   I can log into the unit with the user password “public” but it does not display any tabs I am interested in, like Link quality.  The unit shows as associated on the AP and it passes traffic fine.  I just can’t manage it.   I can even log into the unit in AP mode and manage it though the client bridge unit.   If I power down the unit in AP mode then I can log into the client bridge unit without issue.  If I then power up the AP while I am logged in and then try and associate from the site survey tab it errors with Cannot find Know ESSID.   If I shut down the SB AP and log into the client bridge unit and do site survey I can see my D-Link access router just fine.  I have shut down the D-Link to insure it was not creating interference with no luck.    I have configured the units manually and with simpleDeploy.  I have the latest versions of firmware and simpleMonitor and simpleNMS.  I am unable to get into the units from simpleNMS also.  I am running WinXP on all of the systems I have tried to log in from.    We have a couple of units deployed on a water tank that behave exactly the same so I am convinced it is not a hardware issue.  When we first started we were going to do a 2.4G backhaul and these same units worked fine in both wireless bridge and client bridge mode with older firmware.  After a couple of months and at least one FW upgrade we had our backhaul go down and we were trying to set up a temporary backhaul with one when we first discovered this issue.  That’s why I’m playing with the new units on the ground before deploying them.   I have also been experimenting with the second APPO in repeater mode.  It is having the same issues.  I am unable to log into it when the APPO acting as an AP is powered but I have no problem when it is off.  Unfortunately in this mode it doesn’t associate at all.  I can never see it from the AP side.  I can’t pass traffic and no other unit sees the repeater.  Because I can’t log in as Administrator I am unable to associate it or see if there is any link.    Any thoughts or similar experiences that might give me a clue on which direction to proceed would be greatly appreciated.  I spent about 5 hours messing with these units and am extremely frustrated at this point.  I am convinced my network settings and which side I try and manage from are correct because I have tried all possible combinations.  The damn things just won’t let me log in as administrator when the AP is powered.    Todd Barber Skylink Broadband Internet [EMAIL PROTECTED] 970-346-1834