Ok, here's one more for the "wtf" book... Had to realign a parabolic antenna after a 60+ mph wind hit it direct on.. while I was out there I was looking at the AP's.. one of them has been giving me fits for a little while (lock ups, etc)
So I looked at the switch.. no link light. I look at the APP ethernet light... it's dark... Power is on, rf light is blinking. Two other APP AP's are working just fine on the same switch. So I figure the APP is locked up or something... I press in the reset button on the back... nothing... press it in again and hold it for a good two min making sure it's reset, then I unplug/plug/unplug/plug a few times on the power.. The ethernet light on the APP comes on. The link light on the switch is not on.. I can't ping it's default address like it should be. I use a crossover block into my laptop, nothing at all.. Anyone else have a problem like this? Where the AP's Ethernet light is on, but the switch/hub/whatever say's it not on? I tested the cable (pair check/TDR check/full freq scan check/atenuation check) and it tested just fine... I've really got to RMA some AP's and AB's... I have a large box of them now... But I've been too busy replaceing them. One customer was going to quit, and probably would have caused a lot of other customers to quit. LUCKLY he was sitting right in the middle of a backhaul shot with Trango equipment I have going to a few other POP's. I stuck up a SU and had him on in a few seconds.... His ABO could see three diffrent AP's (turnning the ant in diffrent directions) I managed to get his ABO to associate to one of them after messing with it.. and I was getting almost 70% packet loss to the AP. The POP's tower is 190 foot up, his tower is 70 foot up... distance between the two is almost 1 mile... can't get a better LOS than that unless you hold the two units togeather... (from APPO->ABO -17 rssi/LQ of 93%: from ABO->APPO -31 rssi/LQ of 2% to 70%) :( Last year I loved the SB equipment... but geeeeezzzzz... right now I'm smacking my head on a wall... and it's REALLY starting to hurt.. 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://archives.part-15.org
