Yeah they just a few days ago notify their distributors.. They [smartBridges] will not even honor the orders that been placed since BEFORE this announcement was made. Here I site with a PO from a customer wanting a couple of airPoint Pro indoors and I have one and have had 2 more on order for a month and a half. Earlier this week the "BOMB" came and sB had simply removed the aPPi from the distributors order. All I can say is thanks sB you have yet another timed screwed a WISP over this time it was not due to faulty firmware, faulty hardware or poorly designed bridge mode but discontinued a product with no notice. Keep up this attitude and WISPs will start to drop you like flies I know I'm ready to do so. Because I can not rely on ANYTHING sB is doing.
Ok I think I feel a little better now... Best regards, Eje Gustafsson mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The Family Entertainment Network http://www.fament.com Phone : 620-231-7777 Fax : 620-231-4066 - Your Full Time Professionals - Mikrotik OEM - Online Store http://www.fament.net -- DC> Message'we have decided to discontinue the airPoint PRO Indoor' Oh... DC> well... in that case... I guess I will get an aPPO in repeater mode and a DC> line splitter eh? ...glad I asked... <g> DC> I have never hooked 2 antennas to an aPPO. Can anyone recommend a splitter? DC> (I know EC et.al. have splitters, but I have no experience with any DC> splitter... that is why I am looking for recommendations for a particular DC> one). Do I put it in a little NEMA box or do I just wrap it in tape and DC> goop? DC> Dave DC> -----Original Message----- DC> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DC> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Nish Park DC> Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 10:29 PM DC> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DC> Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Wireless repeater rig DC> Dave, DC> To my knowledge I don't think anybody has tried the type of setup you are DC> describing. It kinds of sounds exotic. Most people would do either one aP or DC> 2 aP setup as Billy is describing. DC> Regardless, just a few days ago we have decided to discontinue the DC> airPoint PRO Indoor model (sB2500). So you should look at different DC> alternatives. DC> Another model being discontinued is airNIC (sB2000). The decision has DC> already been communicated to our distribution partners. DC> Nish DC> -----Original Message----- DC> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DC> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Covert DC> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 11:14 AM DC> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' DC> Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Wireless repeater rig DC> Sounds like you have tried this? (two antennas) Has anyone tried it and DC> have any experience to share? DC> The smartBridges site says 'airPoint-PROT automatically selects the best DC> signal'. What I am proposing is two use the two antennas in a cross DC> polarized fashion so that the backhaul antenna can't hear the local traffic DC> and the omni can't hear the backhaul traffic. It seems that the diversity DC> feature would have no trouble picking the correct antenna since the 'off' DC> antenna would be almost completely devoid of signal. DC> Can I get sB's thoughts on this? DC> Dave DC> Home Wireless Company DC> -----Original Message----- DC> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DC> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Billy Huddleston DC> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 8:28 AM DC> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DC> Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Wireless repeater rig DC> Bad idea.. Using the diversity feature of the aPPI won't buy you DC> anything and, in fact, would hurt you in allot of ways. 1) The antennas DC> need to be "balanced", using different antennas on each port would cause DC> wonky things to happen. 2) Your throughput would be cut in half. 3) Your DC> going to get sporadic connectivity and even worse throughput using DC> unbalanced directional antennas... and a good possibility that it wouldn't DC> work at all! DC> I would suggest using to aPPI's back to back wired with a crossover. OR DC> use two aPPO units... DC> Or if you simply have to use a single aPPI, use the a single antenna. DC> Thanks, Billy DC> ----- Original Message ----- DC> From: Dave Covert DC> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DC> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 10:59 PM DC> Subject: [smartBridges] Wireless repeater rig DC> I need to make a POE-powered sB repeater box to 'light up' an area. DC> Since the speedTrap-2 isn't out yet (want a beta tester? <g>) I need to make DC> one. What I envision is an aPPi running repeater mode in a NEMA box. Each DC> SMA antenna port on the aPPi would have a pigtail to a bulkhead mounted DC> N-type connector. To one connector I attach an 18dBi panel pointed back to DC> the tower and to the other connector I attach a 6-9dBi omni cross-polarized DC> to the big panel. Customers within a couple-hundred feet use an aBi thru DC> walls to talk to the omni. Clients a little further away use aBOs with DC> little panels pointed at the omni. DC> I am guessing someone has done this before... would you mind divulging DC> the part number and supplier of the parts you used? Specifically... DC> NEMA box to house the aPP and pigtails? DC> SMA to bulkhead N-type pigtails? DC> I am guessing the aPPi will work on POE outside in a NEMA box? Do you DC> have to take the aPPi board out of the factory box when you put it in the DC> NEMA box to keep it from getting too hot? (double insulation). DC> Dave DC> Home Wireless Company -- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] 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
