----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 7:49
AM
Subject: [smartBridges] Now have 45
customers on 1 aPPo
Well�thought I would keep everyone posted on my numbers.
As of
last weekend, we went from 30 to 45 units off a single aPPo. I actually
have 30 units directly off my head-end aPPo (one of which is the repeater) and
15 more off the repeater. The latest 15 are all
airBridges. We are pulling about 1.2 Gig per day through the head-end (500
meg of which is from the repeater clients).
1. I did the bulk update with the latest
simpleNMS and changed RTS/CTS and FRAG to 1496 and 100 on all client units (not
head-end). This was a pretty cool feature. However, twice within 1 day
ALLLL my units lost association and I had to reboot my head-end aPPo to get
them back. So�needless to say, I changed the RTS/FRAG settings back to default.
No problems since.
2. I used simpleDeploy to burn ALL new customers. I then hot tested them
for a minimum of 24 hours prior to deployment with none of them blinking an eye.
Out of the 15 deployed, I have 3 units that are losing association and not
getting it back. I have had the customer do a power reset by pulling the
plug, factory default reset, etc, etc�.but no luck. Oddly enough, one of the 3
units just came back online this morning with no assistance.
Pretty darn flakey! Note: all the units could be pinged from the wired side
and logged into (but DEAD on the wireless side). Now I am going to go do some
climbing and replacing.
Side
Note: My head-end aPPo which has been online since Dec 25th 2003 is going down hill quick. The symptoms are
this:
1. About 3-4 times a week, the unit becomes
unresponsive on the Ethernet side while still passing traffic (hard
reboot).
2. The RTS/FRAG thing mentioned above really
had me
shaking in my boots (reset to default).
3. I have been working with sB for a while on
this flakey aPPo, and I am now struggling with EC to get a replacement unit
before this one dies.
I think
that sB is awesome. They are VERY responsive and have even phoned me
personally to resolve issues. All my units previously deployed are
working wonderfully. 3 out of the latest 15 have not.
That doesn�t look good, but I am sure they are getting to the bottom of it. Maybe it is a bad
simpleDeploy release??
Sully
