are the new ones with the new chips the ones with the white powercoated mounting brackets?
Quoting The Wirefree Network <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Gloria, > Glad to hear that you are up and running smoothly. I too am working > well with the new (Singapore acquired) units (aPPo's and aBi's). Out of > 13 units I have replaced in the field, all but one have been flawless. > I started a continuous ping on that one to keep it up. This one unit > has ever-so-slightly Non-LOS. It has about a 88% RSSI and average LQ of > 88%. However, if you look at my MRTG charts, you will see that the LQ > is actually swinging ALL OVER THE PLACE due to the NLOS. > > I am planning on jumping up there on Friday to point it at the new > repeater location (if it has clean LOS). > > Sully > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gloria Vester > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 5:11 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] [good and bad] New aPPo from Singapore > > I think in my case I can conclusively say it was a radio issue. I had > four radios on the water tower, all installed at the same time the same > way, sharing the same UPS, etc., one of them hasn't failed once, the > other three all went down at least once a day - Ethernet port died and > the unit locked up solid. Replaced one of them with a new unit from > distributor and it had the same problem. Replaced the POE's and power > supplies, same thing. Got new radios from Singapore and put them up > Friday night and they haven't gone down once. So I think that pretty > well proves it was the radios. I am sending all four of them back to > Singapore today so they can figure out what is wrong with them. > > Gloria > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tom Haynes <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 11:59 PM > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] [good and bad] New aPPo from Singapore > > Set up a constant ping (windows = ping -t xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx). Most down > radios will come back up after several minutes of pings. Keep pininging > and the rasios should stay up. If they do go down, the should comeback > up in a few minutes. This is only a workaround to some other problem, > wether it is an install issue or a radio issue is not yet knows. SB says > install issue in most cases and installers say radio issue. In either > cas SB will normally approve a an RMA if you feel it is a radio issue. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Good > Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 11:25 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] [good and bad] New aPPo from Singapore > Gloria, > I have been gone for a while and have not read the 1000 of > messages I have.. Tell me about the pinging of the units (a history) I > have a few units that keep going down and would love to hear this > "pinging" session would help out for now. > > Thanks, > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Haynes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 11:20 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] [good and bad] New aPPo from Singapore > > After a few weeks of constant pinging, I stopped and the link has never > gone down again. I don't even worry about it during a thunderstorm > anymore :-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gloria Vester > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 8:52 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] [good and bad] New aPPo from Singapore > Sully, > Thanks for the info - appreciate you keeping us informed. A lot of us > are getting some of these new units and are also holding our breath > hoping they solve the problems. Of course, we are all hoping that we > will one day be able to breath again and not have to baby-sit our APPOs > and keep checking their status with fear in our hearts that something is > going to be down. I am still pinging the hell out of mine to keep them > alive until the new ones get here and am in constant fear that something > might happen to the machine running the ping and I will lose one again. > The last thing I do each night before I go to sleep is check to make > sure the ping is still running and they are all up, and it is the first > thing I check when I wake up. It sure would be nice to go to sleep one > night not worrying that all the APPOs are going to be down when I get > up. Best of luck to you - I sure hope for your sake, and all our > sake's, that these new ones work the way they are supposed to. > > Thanks, > Gloria > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: The Wirefree Network <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 8:33 AM > Subject: [smartBridges] [good and bad] New aPPo from Singapore > > Well.I have some good and bad news about my new "gold sticker" aPPo > units. > > BAD NEWS > As you can see by the attached (small) pic.the RSSI at several clients > has been steadily going down hill since replacing the unit at 1400 > yesterday. Believe me, I could paste about 15 clients that had 100% > RSSI and since 1400 have steadily been going down hill. > > GOOD NEWS > The unit is working.and has not (yet) crapped out like the others did > with bad chips. > > BAD NEWS > With the steadily decreasing RSSI.I don't know how long anyone will hold > up. > > GOOD NEWS > There are some differences between this aPPo install and the last. I > used a different antenna (same brand and rating-but different), and a > different (yet shorter) pigtail between the antenna and the radio. > So.this could point to the antenna and pigtail.not the radio. > > BAD NEWS > Maybe I'm wrong here.but if the new pigtail and antenna were flaky, I > would imagine that it would be a sudden affect on the RSSI of my > clients, not steadily falling??!?! > > So..bottomline is..I am now holding my breath. > > More to come. > > Sully > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of The Wirefree > Network > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 2:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [smartBridges] New aPPo from Singapore > > Well..I burned in my settings for my head-end with simpleDeploy last > night.I then added the MAC list. No problems at all.took 30 seconds. > > I just jumped up on the roof and swapped out my crappy aPPo in about 15 > minutes. ALL MY USERS CAME BACK ONLINE INSTANTLY AND HAVE NOT YET > DROPPED OFF!! Woohoo!! Maybe I shouldn't yell so loud.it has only been > 20 minutes so far. But.my 2 previous bad ones crapped out in less than > 10 minutes. > > Exception to the above being: the users with bad airBridge units have > not come back online yet, but they were already down. My sub-contractor > is going to be swapping out 10 units tonight. > > Oh.one more thing to add to the new aPPo's..the two metal brackets that > are connected to the aPPo are now powder coated to match the aPPo box. > In other words, they are no longer shiny stainless steel. Just one more > way for you to identify new from old. > > Will keep you posted!! > > Sully > > P.S. I am feeling good about this!! Next week may be a busy week if > these new units hold up!!!!! > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Chance > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 12:14 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Received New Units today from Singapore > > Wow this sounds VERY positive but .... I get the feeling im not gonna > get these nice pimp units from ecomm am I cause I ordered 2 days ago im > gonna get stickered ones aren't I :-( "Please update with cd" :-( > > > _____ > > From: The Wirefree Network [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 1:51 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I am sitting here burning in new settings for 18 airBridge units and 2 > aPPos, to be R&R'd tomorrow. > I just wanted to pass on a couple quick observations that I had noticed > with this DIRECT SHIPMENT from SINGAPORE. > 1. Little RJ-45 cable protector has been softened up and no longer > takes a pair of vice-grips to disconnect it from the NIC (could still be > a bit thinner though) > 2. They have now included, in the aPPo box, 2-types of COAX > sealant for the RF connector. > 3. The boxes themselves have GOLD stickers on it and so does the > units. (looks like they were triple checked) > Anyway...looks like sB really is listening to even the seemingly not so > significant suggestions from the forum. > Sully > Martin Moreno Blazen Wireless 909-907-4106 www.blazenwireless.com ----------ANNOUNCEMENT---------- Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm 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
