Were you using an amplifier? I can't really turn it down since I'm shooting through trees and such.
Thanks, Roger ----- Original Message ----- From: "John K. McReynolds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 12:44 PM Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Slow download speed > I know this is going to sound crazy, but we had a similar occurance. Turn the > power output DOWN. We did this and our link jumped from 700Kbps to 1150Kbps. > > > Quoting Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > 1200Kbit/s? or 1200 Kilobyte/s? - We get about 400 Kilobyte/s (400Kb/sec) > > throughput to our backlink. It'd be worth checking the smartbridge > > statistics, see if their is a high number of errors on the ethernet side. > > Also (I don't know if you can do this on SmartBridge AP's) you may have a > > statistic to show the number of retries the customer is experiencing - High > > retries will equate to low throughput. If they have got a high number of > > retries, check their signal strength they get back to the AP client-->AP, > > and finally, check for local 2.4 interference. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Roger Howard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 6:06 PM > > Subject: [smartBridges] Slow download speed > > > > > > > I just installed an APPO on Sunday, with 3' of LMR400 going to a Pac > > > Wireless 16dbi 90 degree horizontally polarized sector antenna. It's 100' > > > high on the side of a water tower. > > > > > > I'm seeing significantly improved signal strengths at customer sites than > > I > > > was getting with the old 14.5dbi Maxrad on my first access point, but > > > download speeds are terrible. I'm seeing around 1200k upload speed fairly > > > consistantly (figure my T1 is the bottleneck there) but the download speed > > > is very variable. Anything from the test failing, or maybe 90k or > > sometimes > > > several hundred k. When I switch back to the original access point (rotate > > > the antenna for correct polarity) the performance improves. > > > > > > Does anyone have any idea what may be causing this? I'm going to try an > > 18v > > > power supply since there is about 150' of CAT5. Any other ideas what might > > > be causing it? I'll confirm soon whether the 18v helped. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Roger > > > > > > ----------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 > > > > > John K. McReynolds > > WinfieldMO.net > PO Box 126 > Winfield, MO 63389 > (636) 668-6141 > http://www.winfieldmo.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
