I'm not sure Sully. I was unable to get into it to see the MAC. It's one of the RMAs I got from EC about three weeks ago. I followed the instructions I was given and upgraded the unit, waterproofed it, etc. It ran fine for two weeks with no users on it. I added one user and it worked still. So I added another one the day before yesterday. it worked about 36 hours and then crapped out.
Teletronics makes an outdoor unit that I'm going to replace this APPO with to see how it works. The Teletronics CPE units I have been using are working great. One of my customers doesn't have clear line of sight (though he's only about 300 yards from the AP). I went through four ABI trying to get him reliable signal. I finally climbed up and put a Teletronics radio on for him and he's happy as a pig in the mud now, and can pass 2 MB consistently. The Teletronics APs put out 100 mw or 200 mw, depending on which you order (as opposed to the 60 mw I'm told SB stuff puts out.) They also cost about $446.00, but when I have to pay $330.00 for an APPO, then $300 a pop to have it replaced (three times on one of my access points) you can see where it would be cheaper to buy the Teletronics to begin with (assuming they will work as well as the CPEs have worked for me.) I could have put up four Teletronics access points for the cost of one APPO access point given the labor charges I've had to pay to replace faulty APPOs. I hope the Teletronics will work as well as APPOs *used* to. I'm fixing to find out. Sam On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, The Wirefree Network wrote: > Sam, > Do you know if this is a NEW HARDWARE REPLACED unit? Or is it another > firmware upgrade (crap chip) unit? > > My new hardware fixed units have been working great...but they have only > been up for a week now. > > Sully > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sam > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 8:11 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [smartBridges] Another one bites the dust > > Last night I got a call from my customers on my newest AP (APPO). They > had > stopped working. I drove over to the tower and found the access point > (APPO) with the blue light blinking steadily. off. on. off. on. Like > clockwork, once a second. > > I had another unit do this (fortunately while it was on the bench) and > ended up RMAing it as I could not log into it no matter what I tried > (recovery util, reset, "Super" password, etc.) > > So I'm now paying another $300.00 to have the tower crew come out and > replace yet another failed APPO. (This one worked for almost three > weeks! > woohoo!) > > I am certain that once I get this one down I'll find the same thing has > happened. I did try to log into it with my laptop directly connected to > it > (if anyone asks if I had it in the right subnet I'll send Dr. Kevorkian > to > your house) and still no go. Tried the reset utility, ad nauseum. > > The APPO has the most-recent firmware on it. It hasn't rained here in > weeks. And it was 75 degrees out when it failed. > > My question for Smartbridges: Is it possible to just get refunds for > these > units rather than replacements? At $300 a pop for labor to replace them > (plus shipping to send the things back) I'd rather pay for something > more > reliable with the refund than to risk putting up another APPO that will > fail in three weeks. And no, I don't have the original box that it came > in > - this was an RMA for another unit that had failed, which itself was an > RMA for another previously failed unit. > > The circle has to stop. > > Thanks > Sam > > > ----------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 > > ----------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 > ----------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
