I know I've said this before, but the watchdog reboot function has been around in other devices for awhile (orinoco APs) - SB isn't the only vendor to realize that sh1t happens.
While I have not tried it on SB, it's been a good thing in general on my orinoco devices. It is a real solution. >>Brendan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 3:23 PM Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Frustrated, disgusted. > Is this just a workaround that watches for a connection to the AP and > reboots the unit when it disappears? If so, that's not much of a > solution. > > Has it actually worked for anyone? > > The real question here is what has happened to my equipment to make it fail > (twice today now) all the time when it ran for almost a month without one > single hiccup when I first installed it ? > > Anyone? > > The new firware is loaded. I wish there was a progress bar during the > upgrade. I was really beginning to worry. > > Scott > > > > > Get the new firmware with the watchdog, It might help. > > > > Let us know if it did work. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott > > Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 4:36 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [smartBridges] Frustrated, disgusted. > > > > > > When I installed our first Smartbridges link, I was very troubled with > > all the talk on the list. Of course this seemed to really escalate > > right after I put in the order. > > > > Once I installed everything (after a 3 day burn-in) I was very impressed > > with the rock solid stability. > > > > < 3 or 4 weeks pass > > > > > Now I'm pulling my hair out. I'm driving 40 miles round trip > > approximately every other day to reset the distant end of a PTP link. > > Absolutely, positively NOTHING has changed since the hardware was > > installed. It's an APPO <-> ABO link. The APPO only has the one > > association and the ABO is plugged directly into a router and only sees > > one IP on the ethernet side. I have to power cycle it to bring it back > > up. I've never touched the config since I first set it up. > > > > Firmware versions; > > > > APPO Ver. 1.4j.6 > > ABO Ver. 0.01.04 > > > > This is creating some very unhappy customers and one extremely unhappy > > WISPer. Is there anyone that can offer any suggestions? Are these > > units > > really somehow behaving differently over time? I just got back from > > resetting the link again and the temperature outside is 64deg. That > > would make most electronics fairly happy by my estimate. > > > > What can I do? > > > > Scott > > > > ----------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
