A SB APPO in the repeater mode with one antenna towards
the water tower and one towards customer.Half the thruput but even at
2.5 MB/Sec thruput.....the only trick is to find a spot that sees both the
water tower and the client. I had to do this on one of my setups and it
works.
-------Original Message-------
Date: Monday,
August 18, 2003 08:50:07 PM
Subject: Re:
[smartBridges] how would you handle this situation?
I know you are probably right, it is just hard to give up
on a customer that
wants so badly to help promote our business. But he may
just have to wait
until such time as we can afford to deploy NLOS equipment.
I just don't see
anyway to get around that huge tree and it is too tall to
go over.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 8:53 PM
Subject: RE: [smartBridges] how would you handle this
situation?
> Sounds like a dead end!!! You may try using a better
type of radio,
> like a tranzeo or telectronics, they have been
working better for us
> lately, than the AB's. Next, get them a push up poll,
don't let them
> put the antenna in and out daily, you will have MORE
visits than just 3
> days. Otherwise, I would say it is a lost cause. If
you have already
> put in 3 days, I would cut my losses. I know this is
negative, but
> DANG!!! 3days?!?!? I suppose if this is the only
install you have going
> on, that might be okay, but I sure would drop it. We
drop ours if we
> get there for the sight survey and it don't get a
good signal from a 30'
> push up poll, no install is worth the reputation of
your company, today,
> or 2 weeks down the road when you don't have the man
power to go out and
> re-adjust their tripod!!!
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 6:41 PM
> Subject: [smartBridges] how would you handle this
situation?
> OK, guys, I need your help. I thought I could figure
this one out, but
> I am out of ideas. We have been working on a customer
install for over
> a week now with no success. I apologize if this is a
long post, but I
> want to give you the correct info. The customer is a
real estate office
> about 2 miles south of our water tower. They want our
most expensive
> business package and are not quibbling over money for
equipment or the
> install fee. We went there last Monday and discovered
a huge tree
> directly in our LOS. No way to go over it without a
tower, this tree is
> at least 60' tall. One story building on a main hwy.
The only way to
> get LOS is to go out next to the highway where we can
see around the
> tree. Problem then is that we are in the highway
right of way. The
> customer asked if we could mount their antenna on a
moveable tripod and
> they would put it out by the road each morning and bring
it into their
> carport each night. As crazy as it sounded, we
agreed. Then we started
> trying to get them hooked up. Discovered they had the
Blaster worm,
> cleaned and removed it. Tried a D-Link 520+ PCI card
with an 18dbi
> Maxrad panel antenna and got a good signal. We were
able to associate
> once. But when we tried to get on the Internet, their
computer wouldn't
> resolve any DNS names. We worked on that problem off
and on for three
> days before I discovered that the TCP/IP stack was
corrupted. I
> downloaded FixXPWinsock utility and fixed that. Then
their computer
> kept locking up. So I uninstalled the D-Link and it
stopped locking up.
> So I gave them an airBridge Indoor, but have not been
able to associate
> with the access point. Tried a bigger antenna, a
24dbi grid. Could get
> good signal strength, but could not associate. Each
time I switch them
> back over to their dial up account so they can work
until we get back up
> there, the TCP/IP stack gets corrupted. I have fixed
it at least a
> dozen times. This is costing me a fortune in man
hours and we are
> getting nowhere. The customer really, really wants
this service and
> they want to help promote our business - setup a
display in their office
> with our flyers and brochures, putting our stuff in
their welcome
> baskets for new residents, etc. But they are losing
faith in us and I
> am starting to wonder if we should just tell them we
can't do it. At
> this point my options are to reformat their computer
to fix the
> flakiness and corrupted winsock, and then hope it
will associate and
> work right, or just tell them we can't hook them up.
If any of you have
> any ideas, please let me know. I really want this
customer, but I don't
> know what else to try. I know this was long, and I
left out a lot of
> things we have tried to do, but I really need help
here.
> Thank you in advance for your help,
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