That's good....another evil plot to keep up my sleeve - thanks for all the great ideas, guys. Ya'll are great!
Gloria ----- Original Message ----- From: "George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 9:16 PM Subject: Re: [smartBridges] [good and bad] New aPPo from Singapore > Hey, > What I would do if I wanted to screw with him. Is set up more ap's with > the same essid as his and see if his subs stay connected to him. > George > > Gloria Vester wrote: > > Yep, that would be them. They ran perfectly from Friday night when we put > > them up until last night when one of them locked up and had to be pinged to > > revive it. It could be just a fluke, or it could be the a**hole competitor > > that is trying everything in his power to put me out of business. > > > > Gloria > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Martin Moreno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 10:24 AM > > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] [good and bad] New aPPo from Singapore > > > > > > > >>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 > >> > >> > > > > > > > > ----------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
