You might consider an AirPoint Pro and 2 antennas and run diversity. I tried that at one location with a LOT of multipath and it helped more than an amp. Or possibly you could stick a repeater someplace temporarily until you get your new towers in place.
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Oswalt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 06:16 AM Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Connecting with low signal > I was afraid of that. Though I have several customers with low signal, but I think this one is the lowest. The have a 24 db grid already. I have a feeling we are cutting through a tree or two. > > I may have them wait until I get my other two towers up. This customer is pretty understanding. Worse case, I'll get an amp, but I'm trying to avoid that. > > > Your signal is probably too weak My experience has been that it needs 60-70% > > to work at all and it is happiest above 80% > > > > John > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jeremy Oswalt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 07:37 PM > > Subject: [smartBridges] Connecting with low signal > > > > > > > We installed a customer today using an ABO. The RSSI was between 29% and > > 40% with the signal strength floating between 50% and 67%. After spending > > hours putting up the guyed mast and running the wire, we tested the > > connection and can't get it to ping anything. We checked the MAC > > authentication table and it is entered. We reentered the WEP key and the > > administrator password. It associates, but we can't ping or get to anything > > on my network or the Internet. I'm using the latest firmware 1.07. > > > > > > I checked on the Access point and it sees it associated, but the signal > > properties are 0 and it shows it trasmitting data. If you look at the > > statistics on the ABO when you ping, it shows the failed packets, but the > > receive and transmit statistics are showing no errors. What am I missing? > > This is about our 20th customer using Airbridges, so we've done this before. > > Any ideas? > > > 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 > 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
