RE: [smartBridges] ghosts of fw past??

[Peter Cartwright]



Hmmm... Interesting point.  I wonder if a double/triple software reset will have the same effect?  I'll give it a go next time I'm in a position to do it (most times my customers now just power reset and not tell me).

 

Peter

Loop Scorpio Ltd
providers of Ledbury Broadband and Highnam Broadband
www.ledburybroadband.co.uk
www.highnambroadband.co.uk

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Kevin Summers
Sent: 03 September 2003 23:27
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Subject: RE: [smartBridges] ghosts of fw past??

If you notice when you do that, the AB will actually reset each time

you hit the Refresh button.

Kevin Summers
KISTech Internet Services Inc.
www.kistech.com

 

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Peter Cartwright
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 9:29 AM
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Subject: RE: [smartBridges] ghosts of fw past??

imho a (probably not "the") disassociation issue is definitely still around!  I have a constant trickle of units that lose association.  Generally I can get the customer to power cycle the unit to bring it back up.  However, whenever I am there after one has gone down I do the following:

 

1) go to site survey

2) click on "Select from available access points" - none appear in the window

3) click on "Refresh" - still none appear in the window

4) click a second time on "Refresh" - a list of available access points now appears

 

Once the list of available access points appears, the unit re-associates without ANY further prompting - ie I never actually need to click on the "Associate" button.  This seems to be a consistent way of bringing the units back on line and to me really does show that the firmware is "locking up" somehow.

 

Peter

Loop Scorpio Ltd
providers of Ledbury Broadband and Highnam Broadband
www.ledburybroadband.co.uk
www.highnambroadband.co.uk

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Sevak Avakians
Sent: 03 September 2003 16:27
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Subject: [smartBridges] ghosts of fw past??

A customer of mine is using an indoor airBridge on XP less than half a block away from the basestation.  The radio is situated on the window sill (inside) and signal strength and link quality are good.  Problem is that every now and then he cannot get onto the Internet.  Blue light is blinking.  Each time I go there, I power everything down, make sure the connectors are solid and reboot everthing.  After a few minutes -WHAM!- back online.

Since we have upgraded the firmware on all our APPOs and ABs, could it still be possible that the old disassociation issue is around??  If not, then what else can this be?