Just be aware that RTS needs to be set on the client devices. Don't set it on the AP. Leave the AP at 2346 (RTS disabled).
Craig Quoting Kevin Summers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > In a crowded environment RTS being lowered can help because > it allows a client radio to send a Request To Send to the AP > and the AP tells everyone else to shut up while the client > sends off it's packets. Something like 1024 would be a good > test setting to start with just to see if it would help. > > The Frag Threshold tells the AP to break up the packets when > the exceed the specified size. That causes more (but smaller) > packets to be sent through the air, allowing for more clients > to get data through. > > Typically you want to only adjust one at a time to see which > one is going to be that little bit of "Magic" for your particular > situation. > > Kevin Summers > KISTech Internet Services Inc. > www.kistech.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Eric Helm > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 9:29 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Smartbridge APPO max client associations? > > > RTS and Frag are both set at 2346... not sure what this does or means? any > explanation and example of what changing these values does would be great. > > Thanks, > Eric > ----- Original Message ----- > From: phantam > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 11:21 AM > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Smartbridge APPO max client associations? > > > 35 should work matters if the RTS and frag are all tweaked or are they all > talking at the same time? The clients that is. I have about 28 on my pop's > and we had swore at one point not to go above 25 on our site hence we're > upgrading personally we don't use splitters its another point of failure > but > it should work with the amp none the less. It really depends on use the > 11mb > RF is aggregate and shared so if everyones on or all the radios are talking > or evne the majority there going to go nuts. > Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Helm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 12:04 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > What is the max client associations on an APPO without comprimising the > performance of the throughput? > I have 1 APPO that has 35 clients on it, and 1 APPO that has only 5 > clients... the lesser of the two can get 2 Mbps throuput, which is what we > are feeding it from the backhaul, however on the APPO with 35 clients, the > max throughput I can get is about 700 to 800 Kbps. The setup is as > follows: > 1 APPO --> .5 Watt Amp --> Splitter --> 2 - 120 degree sector antennas. > 1 APPO --> 1 - 120 degree sector antenna > The APPO experiencing throughput problems it the one that has the splitter > on it.. could this be causing the problem? We just purchased the WISP that > setup the APPOs and I am not opposed to adding a 3rd APPO if that would be > a > viable solution, but I am concerned if 35 clients is going to hinder the > performance that much. > Thanks, > Eric > > > 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 > > 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 > > 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
