This happened to me on my first SB install over a year ago. My laptop worked fine but the customer would not work. Finally I said F*** it and went home and the next morning they called and said it worked great. There must be some kind of MAC cache that gets updated occasionally and a reboot may speed up the process.
Steve Good wrote: > I understand what your saying but how could that be if I plug my laptop in at the > customers home and it works and then I plug their computer in and it does not. > > > THnaks, > Steve Good > ________________________________ > > From: Marlon Schafer (509-982-2181) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sun 8/3/2003 10:18 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Frustrations > > Time to look for interference. > > Do you have a Spectrum Analyzer or access to one? (we've got two types available > for rent) > > Or get yourself a Teletronics Site Survey kit. Cost is about $250. My guess is > that you've got an interference issue there. > > marlon > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Steve Good <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 6:45 AM > Subject: [smartBridges] Frustrations > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Steve Good > Sent: Sat 8/2/2003 10:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [smartBridges] Frustrations > > Ok guys I need some help here. I am frustrated.....here is the setup.... > on one tower we have 2 ABpro with 180 antennas and then also a ABTotal (it is the > bridge back to our site where the POP is. At the POP we have 2 ABpro's. Here is > the problem.... on the tower we have wap5 (bridge) wap3(one customer on it) wap4 > (trying to get customers on it) I have tried to set two clients up no with no > luck. I have 3 radios that I have tried.. These 3 ABTotals are really starting to > suck in my opinion.... The flakiness is hard to deal with when you have sites that > are set up 150miles from the main office. of the 3 radios here is the problems.. > > 1. The radios can see wap4 and accociate with it. The clients can ping both > wap4 and wap3 and wap5. But not anything on the other side of the bridge. These > radios get a address when I run the repair connection in XP but it says the repair > failed. I can not get any kind of traffic to pass.I have updated the firmware, > reset, reset,reset and reset again and again and again and the damn things still do > it. But here is the kicker... I take these same 3 radios and try to connect to > wap3 wap1 or wap2 (1&2 on the other side of the bridge) the radios work like a > champ..... Now to further complicate it.. I can take one of the 3 radios and plug it > into my laptop and it works on wap4... plug it back into the customers machine and > the friggin thing does not work. So that proves that wap4 is working and passing > traffic.. just not taking anything from these 3 radios when in a customer machine. > one machine is a gateway laptop w/built-in network card.. and other is a dell also > with a > built in card. > > I also decided to take my radio from home that has not had 1 issue since I > installed 2 months ago and I put it up at the custmers site and it would work on my > laptop but not their machne..... both customers machines are XP home... my laptop XP > Pro...I have alot of good to say about AB products and alot of bad... There is not a > good troubleshooting area on their website to help out. I am sure with all the > issues we have we can give them the info for it.. I dont want to ahve to save 1600 > messages just to go back and look to see if someone else has the same one... It is > just frustrating when you have to tell a customer that you have tried 3 radios and > none of them work and you have to come back. It really makes them wonder about the > quality of the equipment. If any one has any ideas I would really like to hear > them... > > > Thanks, > Steve Good > ________________________________ > > From: John Hokenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sat 8/2/2003 9:03 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Towers > > I have to side with Marlon....you get too much off topic stuff going and > Smartbridges will stop listing to the list and you have lost your factory tech > support on the list. > > USe the other lists. > > JH > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Joe Email <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 6:12 PM > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Towers > > Marlon > > I'm not trying to argue, but I respectfully disagree > I still say if you are using sB radios and anything that concerns > them are relevant, ie towers, servers, routers, backhauls, battery backup, solar > power, antennas, etc. > Why should you have to monitor several sites if you are using sB > radios, this one is hard enough to keep with > Don't take this the wrong way, I may need your advice sometime > > > My observation > Joe K > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Marlon Schafer (509-982-2181) > Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 7:01 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Towers > > > righto. But this particular list is there for support of > the RADIO's not everything else. There are 2 other good email lists and a web based > forum designed for generic questions. > > That help? > marlon > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Joe Email <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 4:14 PM > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Towers > > OK Marlon > > I've seen this happen more than once on this site > For some reason or another someone only wants to > talk about the subject they want to talk about > I would think if you are a smartBridges user and you > were using them on a tower and you wanted to ask about a tower or > anything concerning these radios you should be able > to post a question > Some of us may not be as learned as others > Why not ask questions to the people using the same > radios as you are > > My observations > Joe K > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL > PROTECTED] Behalf Of Marlon Schafer (509-982-2181) > Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 6:06 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Towers > > > btw guys, i didn't notice what list this is > on. These generic questions really belong on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list rather than > the TT tech support one. > > thanks > marlon > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John Hokenson <mailto:[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 11:26 AM > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Towers > > $2500 is not expensive compared to spending > $500 a month to be on someone else's towe. > > JH > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dennis Burgess <mailto:[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 11:11 AM > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Towers > > Ouch. Thats what I have been finding out. > Much simpler and cheaper to run off other towers unless you have the cash to outlay > :( > > Any other suggestions? > > Dennis > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gloria Vester <mailto:[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 1:00 PM > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Towers > > We built our own tower and it was rather > inexpensive. I have a friend who was in the two way radio business for 40 years and > built lots of towers, so he was very helpful. We bought the 100' steel tower (Rohn > 25G) from Hutton (www.huttononline.com), picked it up locally, for less than $1k. > We used friends / relatives for labor (free) so the only additional cost was the > concrete, rebar, guy wires, and miscellaneous hardware. It was not that difficult > to build, took us about 4 days, mainly due to the over 100 degree heat. Total > investment was less than $2.5k. If you need any help with how to build one, what > parts to buy, want to see pictures of ours going up, etc., just email me offline > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and I will be happy to help. > > Gloria > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dennis Burgess <mailto:[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 12:50 PM > Subject: [smartBridges] Towers > > I was wonder what everyone is doing for > towers? I have high trees in my area, 70 foot high in some cases. I'm running off > a radio station tower now, but what other options are there? I have found a 100 > foot telescoping tower for like $3,200 bucks, but you need a crane and a big ass > crew just to get the thing up, not to mention the guy wires. > > Anyone have any suggestions? > > Dennis > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Name: winmail.dat > winmail.dat Type: application/ms-tnef > Encoding: base64 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
