yep, anything more than -40 is BAD. better tests are around -55 or so.. ------------------------------ * Dennis Burgess, CCNA, A+, Mikrotik Certified Trainer WISPA Board Member - wispa.org <http://www.wispa.org/> Link Technologies, Inc -- Mikrotik & WISP Support Services* *Office*: 314-735-0270 *Website*: http://www.linktechs.net <http://www.linktechs.net/>
*/ Link Technologies, Inc is offering LIVE Mikrotik On-Line Training <http://www.linktechs.net/onlinetraining.asp>/* Jack Unger wrote: > David, > > Just for info here but it's possible that your signals were so loud > that the receivers were being overloaded. That drives them bananas... > > jack > > > David E. Smith wrote: >> Dennis Burgess - Linktechs.net wrote: >> >>> Yes you have to have a good processor, it does compression. I also >>> believe it does MPPP as well, and larger frame sizes as well to get >>> higher speeds. Hence, processor usage is key. >>> >> >> When I was testing this - pretty informally, two radios set on the floor >> of the office about a hundred feet apart - the speeds weren't that much >> higher, and the latency was all weird. The RF link was pretty good (I >> think there was 40-some-odd points of SNR), and when I used them in >> regular AP/bridge mode, or basic WDS, I actually got better performance >> than when I enabled polling and Nstreme and all the other Mikrotik >> proprietary magic checkboxes. >> >> The throughput was pretty comparable, but when the link was even lightly >> loaded, pings went bananas. Instead of being consistent, some would be >> 3ms, some would be 100ms. I figured that was because my little ping >> packets were being bundled up with other packets, then transmitted when >> it was most efficient for the radio, as opposed to being sent on-demand. >> >> First, is that pretty close to accurate? Second, in the real world, when >> you're trying to do something like VOIP or gaming that's sensitive to >> latency, how noticeable is it? >> >> David Smith >> MVN.net >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> >> >> > > -- > Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. > Serving the Broadband Wireless Industry Since 1993 > Cisco Press Author - "Deploying License-Free Wireless WANs" > WISPs - Do you know where your customers are? > For wireless coverage mapping see http://www.ask-wi.com/mapping > FCC Lic. #PG-12-25133 LinkedIn Profile <http://www.linkedin.com/in/jackunger> > Phone 818-227-4220 Email <jun...@ask-wi.com> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
