All of the above.... The controller has RSSI, several graphs, both current and historical, other APs seen, and a few other things we haven't completely dug into.
When we get back down there, I will get a list of all the monitoring it supports and give a better review. John >-----Original Message----- >From: Tom DeReggi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, April 6, 2006 05:56 AM >To: 'WISPA General List' >Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cisco Mesh Equipment > >Define monitoring? > >Up down status, or real time and historical data of link characteristics and >health? > >Tom DeReggi >RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc >IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "John J. Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 12:23 AM >Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cisco Mesh Equipment > > > >If it would stop raining...... > > >We don't have it all deployed yet, but here is what we know. > >They take a long time to boot, maybe 5 minutes. > >The range is poor, they are supposed to put out 26 dBm per Cisco, but they >only put out 14 dBm per the controller interface. We questioned Cisco on >this, and they calimed that the 26 dB was the total of transmit + receive. >We are going to try to get an engineer to tell us what the radio is and what >the REAL output power is. If the power is truly on 14 dBm, that is not good. > >The 2.4 radios ar supposed to put out 25 dBm, but the controller interface >is only showing 17 dBm max. We are hoping that this is a limit in the BIOS >that can be changed. > > >We had 1 link at 3600 feet with 1 tree in the way. 7.5 dB omni on each end >and no link. As soon as another engineer put a 1500 (Mesh AP) in his car and >got between the other two, the link came up. This is with one end on a >firehouse at about 35 feet and the other on a light pole at about 26 feet or >so. > >The monitoring is not what we expected-there doesn't seem to be any way to >monitor the 5 GHz backhauls, but the monitoring of the 2.4 is very good. > >We are waiting on the city to put in some long-range ethernet links between >the stoplights so we will actually have something to bridge. > >They currently only use 5.7-5.8 GHz, but 4.9 is supposed to be available >later this year. > > > >John > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Dylan Oliver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Wednesday, April 5, 2006 06:09 PM >>To: 'WISPA General List' >>Subject: Re: [WISPA] Mesh Equipment >> >>John, >> >>It's now April 5th. How are you faring with the Cisco mesh gear? >> >>On 3/1/06, John J. Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> The Cisco radios can do 4.9-5.8 GHz. I am assuming that 5.3-5.7 will be >>> available in a update, since 4.9 is available now. Cisco apparently only >>> has 6-8 deployments so far, and they are releasing updates regularly. >>> >>> Our install is tentatively scheduled for March 14th, so I should be able >>> to post info shortly thereafter. >> >>Best, >>-- >>Dylan Oliver >>Primaverity, LLC >>-- >>WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >>Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >>http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >>Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > > >-- >WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > >Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > >-- >WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > >Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
