SBTechs reply there is rather funny. We have a Cisco 350 as our AP, and we were seeing (and logging) ABBO's and ABTotals associating, dissassociating ,over and over again. Had SBTech actually tell us once (damn I wish I could find that e-mail) that "inactivity" of the client will cause the bridge to disassociate... so we bit the bullet and sacrificed bandwidth to start monitoring everybox continuously using SNMP and a ping test analyzer (for latency issues...)
Our Cisco logs are much cleaner now, and we do not see the association/disassociation problem as much as we used to... (we do still see it though.... can show you the RSSI/linkquality graphs to show that was not an issue, and a neighbor staying live so interference not an issue) Wish I had time to look at all our data... just hate getting calls from 5% of our customer's on a monthly basis, and the fix is a simple reboot. Wish there was an automatic way that these things if disassociated for X minutes (a time out) would auto perform a power cycle on themselves... I know, I know.. cost.... Scott -----Original Message----- From: "Blazen Wireless" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 09:01:19 -0700 Subject: Re: [smartBridges] MORE ABOS crapping out > This is the client side that keeps going down. . > > I have 13db 95* Sector ant on each APPO with 500mw amp the Client is > aprox 4 miles away with 19db parabolic ANT High above the roof line > RSSI is 85% and Link 95% at the client side at the APPO side it reads > RSSI 90% and Link 85% complete opposite. > > How do you want me to log the evens Simple monitor wont let me log > more then one radio at a time? > Or do you want me to log the info from the APPO?? > > If it were interference causing the link to go down then why are the > other users next door and also 1 block over all okay pointing to the > same APPO? I find it hard to believe that you would make a product that > could not see some interference and NOT re associate? All the other > stuff I have worked with sure it had some interference but it NEVER and > I do mean NEVER dropped and did not come back up? it still stayed > associated.. > > Seems to me like there is something else going on with the product? > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: SB Tech Support > To: 'Blazen Wireless' > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 8:45 AM > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] MORE ABOS crapping out > > > Can you let us know what type of antenna is being used on the access > point and also if considerable amount of fade margin was taken into > consideration while choosing the gain of the antenna. Try to log the > link status log files on the airBridge and please let us know. This > will let us know just before the during the disassociation if the RSSI > and link quality was going bad. Because seems like interference among > the system operating in the same channel is causing the link to go > down. > > > > We would like to identify what the exact cause of the problem is? Is > it merely interference or the device on the client side? > > > > With Best Regards, > > > > Vasu > > (sB Support Team) > > > > sB Tech Support > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Blazen Wireless > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 10:32 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: [smartBridges] MORE ABOS crapping out > > > > Okay I give up I have 4 of the new radios I purchased with supposedly > the new chi and the new firmware and they are still disassociating any > wonderful ideas on what to try next. > > > > 1. I have tried everything I have tried in the past when this whole > thing started so PLEASE SB don't tell me stupid stuff to check already > since I know 100% it is not the installation. > > 2. When we went to look at the one yesterday it was thought to be > heat related. We touched the ABO and it was Luke warm if at hottest. > Link light (blue) was just flashing away NO association. RSSI 85% Link > 95% GREAT signal and he keeps losing associating every day. > > > > PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let us know what's causing this. > > > > This customer is hooked from the radio to a D-link 4 port router to > his laptop as are most all my installs.. > > > > > > > > > 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
