Shane, That is the nature of wireless bridges and switches. They do not "route". (Unless you setup your switch has the ability to do "smart switching like VLAN pathing or something).
Scott -----Original Message----- From: "Shane Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 14:12:23 -0600 Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Throughput errors on Airpoint Pro Outdoor > Sir: > > Are you saying that if I have 4 aPPRO's going back to a switch, then to > my router, I will get broadcast packets between the Ap's? Do I need to > have a router between each one of them and the main router? > > Shane > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vasu (sB Tech > Team) > Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 2:05 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Throughput errors on Airpoint Pro Outdoor > > > > At the tower (POP) you would need a router in between the 2-3 aPPO's > providing service or a cB-aP combination thereby segregating the > network > and preventing the broadcast traffic to coming back to your NOC. > > Also if you have a cheap router connected behind the CPE unit at the > customer locations as mentioned by Collin below. > > You can ping all the devices on either side of the router as well as > manage them. > > Vasu > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Jerry Carter > Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 3:30 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Throughput errors on Airpoint Pro Outdoor > > I have a couple questions. You say put a router at the location.(I have > not done this yet but I am seeing the broadcast packets increasing) > Would this cause me to have to change ip's on anything? Would the ping > tool I run still be able to ping all machines on the other side of the > router? What is a small cheap router that would work in this case? Say > you have 2 appo at one location. One in client bridge and one in ap > mode. I should put the router in between those right? > > Thanks > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Colin Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 12:01 PM > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Throughput errors on Airpoint Pro Outdoor > > > > Plug a laptop into the switch that collates your four APPO's and run > > ethereal (http://www.ethereal.com - it's free) and set it to capture > packets > > on the laptop. This will show you whats traversing the network. If > broadcast > > storms are occuring, you will see large numbers of packets appearing, > > and when you finally view the contents - you will be able to > determine > > > the offender. Ideally you want to ensure you either have a router at > > the tower (to prevent broadcasts from propogating), and ensure your > > customers have their CPE connected to a router, and not a hub or a > > switch (as I have seen done). Hubs are especially dangerous, as they > > forward all traffic out of every port, and as SmartBridge CPE can > mask > > > 64? MAC addresses in it's own, if a customer is copying to a local > > machine on their network you will receive their broadcasts. Consider > > that if they are running on a 100Mbit network, your smartbridge will > > be hogging all the AP's attention as it forwards the maximum amount > > (of pointless crap) it can to your tower. > Still, > > an ethereal dump of traffic will show you if this is occuring and > > who's responsible. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "shoffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 4:49 PM > > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Throughput errors on Airpoint Pro Outdoor > > > > > > > Realize that the Smartbridge stuff is pretty sensative so you may > be > > > > seeing more of a cross talk effect then your previous gear. You > > > should see if "tuning down" the clients helps your situation. > > > > > > You should be able to see if your storm theory is correct with the > > > Ethernet statistics on the AP's. > > > > > > > > > Scott > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: "Shane Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 10:06:42 -0600 > > > Subject: [smartBridges] Throughput errors on Airpoint Pro Outdoor > > > > > > > I am a new user of these items with 4 of them on a water tower. > > > > Each AP has approximately 25 clients presently. The old AP's I > > > > was using were providing about 2.5 mbps at peak, however, we are > > > > only getting about 1.8mbps at peak now. Also, clients are > > > > reporting traffic being "Jerky", > > > > with bursts of speed, followed by lags. I have tinkered with > RTS/CTS, > > > > but it has not improved it, so I have disabled it again. > > > > > > > > I am beginning to suspect broadcast storm traffic from each AP to > > > > the switch and back out to the other AP's, but I'm not sure this > > > > is correct. Any suggestions? > > > > > > > > Shane Mitchell > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > 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 > > 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 > > 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 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
