Hmm DO I Sense a shift from indoor products no more APPi and the APi is well lacking some features..... HERMMMMM
-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry Carter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 1:32 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The main problem I had with the indoor units were that Electrocomm raised
the price (or smartbridges) until there were no differance between the
indoor and the outdoor. There use to be around $30 less for the indoor unit.
Maybe this is why no one bought them much?
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nish Park" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 12:07 AM
Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Wireless repeater rig - Eje
> Hi Eje,
>
> I guess this is the first complain we got for discontinuing these
> products. They are being discontinued because of low level of activity.
> So there are not many people using them. And till now everybody has
> readily agreed to take the aPPO as a substitute.
>
> If you are in a bind, please let us know. We will work out some special
> arrangement for you.
>
> Nish
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Eje Gustafsson
> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 12:55 PM
> To: 'Dave Covert'
> Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Wireless repeater rig
>
> 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]
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> 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]]On 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]]On 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
>
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