Try pinging the NS2's with 512k or larger packets and see if they associate at a higher level. It might be showing that when there is not communication with any wi-fi device it operates in 1mb mode for basic association communication. If it changes to what you would expect then I would not be to worried about it. If it stays then be afraid... be very afraid or at least make sure you have the newest firmware on them and see if that helps.
Anthony Will Broadband Corp. http://www.broadband-mn.com Blair Davis wrote: > I am starting to wounder about this issue myself.... > > Sunday, I replaced an old,(6 years in service!), Hermes I based AP, > (base mounted radio, top mounted 1W amp, 150ft LMR-400) with a top > mounted RB532A 5.8GHz backhaul and 2.4GHz AP. > > The radio card for the AP is an XR2 into a 9db Comet omni. 8ft of > LMR-400. Set in B/G mode. Preamble set to both. CH9. All other > settings, except ESSID are default. > > Connected to this AP was quite a mixture of clients, including: > > Tranzeo CPE-80, CPE-90, CPE-200, CPE-CPQ > Lucent Hermes I client > Senao CB3, EOC-2260 > Ubquity NS2 > > Notes on the change. > > Sig strength reported by the mt range from -51 to -92 > Thruput on the AP tripled. tests to my laptop while standing at the > base exceeded 7Mb/sec which saturated my fiber. tests before the > change could not exceed 2Mb/sec. > The Tranzeo cpe-80 would not stay connected. it would connect and > disconnect on a 5 sec cycle. replaced it with an eoc-2260 > The B clients, all 6 of them, have stayed connected since power up. > The NS2's, all 5 of them, seem to disconnect/reconnect in a block once > or so a day. > some of the remaining G clients, 4 of them, seem to > disconnect/reconnect in a block in 8-9 hours > the remaining G clients, 4 of them, are all over the place. from 18 > hours to 1 hour. I would not read too much into this however, as some > of my users power their radios down when not in use. > The NS2's are all reported with anything from 1Mbps to 54Mbps as the > tx rate but are always reported with 1mbps as the rx rate > The NS2's are all reported with a radio name. Nothing else shows a > radio name. > > The things I wounder about are the radio names not being reported, and > the NS2's showing a 1Mbps rx rate all the time. > > Hope some find this useful, and any comments would be appreciated. > > Blair > > > Travis Johnson wrote: >> This is NOT just a MT/Tranzeo issue. If you search the forums, people >> were talking about this issue over 6 months ago with various clients. >> We are running 100% MT (AP and clients) and we see the issue across >> ALL of our AP's. >> >> Travis >> Microserv >> >> D. Ryan Spott wrote: >>> Steve and Eje, >>> >>> There is a bit of a forum thread here describing the issue: >>> >>> http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=24971 >>> >>> Tranzeo and Mtik are working on it. >>> >>> >>> On Oct 2, 2008, at 5:19 AM, Steve Barnes wrote: >>> >>> >>>> So let me get this right. If you have Tranzeo CPE's you only use >>>> StarOS. >>>> MT does not work. Does Mikrotik even acknowledge that this is a issue >>>> and do they have plans to fix it. >>>> >>>> Part of the issue is I could not make Cisco VPN's work with StarOS >>>> V3 AP >>>> and a Tranzeo CPE. Had to change to a StarOS CPE. Now I changed to >>>> the >>>> MT AP and the StarOS CPE didn't work right. So I changed the CPE >>>> back to >>>> a Tranzeo, VPN's work great now but the Tower reboots. ARG!!!!! >>>> >>>> Steve Barnes >>>> Executive Manager >>>> PCS-WIN >>>> RCWiFi Wireless Internet Service >>>> (765)584-2288 >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> On >>>> Behalf Of Mark Nash >>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 9:50 PM >>>> To: WISPA General List >>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Tranzeo/Mtik disconnect issue... >>>> >>>> I do wish the Tranzeos had a ping watchdog feature... >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Eje Gustafsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 6:27 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Tranzeo/Mtik disconnect issue... >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Odd behavior. This must be a mismatch in the protocol between the >>>>> >>>> Tranzeo >>>> >>>>> units and MikroTik. We have tested many different units (E-zy.net, >>>>> Senao/Engenius, MikroTik, Ubiquiti as well Teletronics) and never >>>>> seen >>>>> >>>>> this >>>>> behavior you describe. However I do recall way back someone had very >>>>> strange >>>>> behaviors going on between Tranzeo units and his MikroTik AP. He had >>>>> >>>> some >>>> >>>>> Senao CB3 units and some Smartbridges that he swapped some of the >>>>> >>>> Tranzeo >>>> >>>>> units with and the problems with those clients went away. >>>>> Not sure what the Tranzeo units are or are not doing when >>>>> >>>> communicating >>>> >>>>> with >>>>> the MikroTik AP thought this been long since fixed but if it was the >>>>> problem >>>>> seems to once again surfaced. >>>>> >>>>> / Eje >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> >>>> On >>>> >>>>> Behalf Of Steve Barnes >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 3:20 PM >>>>> To: WISPA General List >>>>> Cc: Scott Reed; Blake King; Rick Harnish >>>>> Subject: [WISPA] Tranzeo/Mtik disconnect issue... >>>>> >>>>> I am wondering about a resolution on this. I had a failing StarOS >>>>> >>>> Board >>>> >>>>> so I switched out to a Mikotik RB411 v3.10. Now all 45 of my clients >>>>> (all are Tranzeo) reset every few minutes. Normally <5min. >>>>> >>>>> I have also noticed that at times the signal Strength on my clients >>>>> go >>>>> super high like a client at -68 will be at -98. However, if I ping >>>>> >>>> that >>>> >>>>> client they drop back to the -68. As soon as you stop the Ping the >>>>> signal strength on the AP goes back to -99. If I reboot the Radio it >>>>> sets everyone back to Really good signal strength for a while then it >>>>> starts to climb. I had no one over -80 on the star board. I just >>>>> had >>>>> 12 clients the MT said was at -112 to -116. Ping them and during the >>>>> ping they are back to -68. >>>>> >>>>> Help. 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