Sounds like one or more people are not connecting to the ap at the highest rate possible. Possibly at the 1meg level and tying up the ap for other users or hijacking as I like to say.
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Del Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 07:07:49 -0500 >To date we have verified the problem with at least 3 different users doing >downloads. I can't say that all of them will manifest the problem when they >do downloads. >Del > >-----Original Message----- >From: Stuart Pierce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 8:16 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [smartBridges] one user affecting traffic > > >Does it matter who downloads ? > >---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- >From: Del Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 13:36:23 -0500 > >>Hello all, >>I have the following setup: >>ISP >> router >> backhaul >> router >> Mikrotic (bandwidth control unit) >> >>APPO >> ABT >> >>This particular APPO has 30 customers all using the ABT's. >> >>All customers are bandwidth limited at the tower site by the MiKrotic, most >>customers are 256Kbps down, 128Kbps up. The maximum bandwidth purchased on >>this APPO is 512kbps/512Kbps. >> >>The problem I've noticed is if a particular customer is doing a download >>that lasts several minutes, every other user on that access point sees a >>severe degradation in service. The other customers on that AP see download >>speeds drop to about 128Kbps and uploads drop to about 64Kbps. In other >>words, they see a decrease to about 1/2 of what they should have. >> >>We tried setting the RTS threshold on the ABT's to 500 and this had no >>noticable effect. (APPO RTS & Fragmentation left as default setting) >>Then we lowered the RTS threshold to 256 on all of the ABT's, again, this >>had no noticable effect. >>We have not set the fragmentation threshold on any of our radios. >> >>We started noticing this phenomena when the number of associated radios on >>the APPO reached 20. >> >>My question is, has anyone else seen this behavior and is there a fix? >> >>APPO firmware is 1.4j.8, ABT firmware is 0.01.07 >> >>Thank you in advance for any feedback. >>Del >> >> >> >> >>----------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 >>--- >>[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus By Avolve.net] >> >> >--- >[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus By Avolve.net] > >----------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 >--- >[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus By Avolve.net] > > --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus By Avolve.net] ----------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
