Same experience here although having good results migrating to UBNT. Still miss the Tranzeo units at times though!
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 12:35 AM, Kurt Fankhauser <k...@wavelinc.com> wrote: > I have 350+ Tranzeo CPE's in the field. Love em, The AP's are good too, > pretty much set and forget, but I use MT for AP's because I love MT's > goodies. But for a non-tech savy person I would not hesitate to advise them > to deploy a Tranzeo AP. > > A lot of people bash Tranzeo but actually the company is doing really well. > I think there are many more WISPS out there using them with great success > and not reporting back to any lists. My network as 99% Tranzeo CPE's and I'm > glad I made the decision to uniformly deploy them back in 2005. I've seen > other wisps deploy a mix of CPE's and it never turns out good, just makes a > mess. > > I can go to any client and swap a radio within 5 minutes using only a nut > driver. Plus I've been thinking about 3.65 and I am very glad to hear of the > Aperto merger. This is def something I want to deploy someday and I wanted > to stay with Tranzeo for CPE and so now I'll be able to do that. Just > imagine being able to swap out the customer's old CPE200-15 radio with a new > WIMAX radio within 5 minutes using only a nut driver. I can because I have > uniformly deployed the same CPE for all my clients. > > Oh and BTW, In 5 years have only had 1 water leak issue with the boot cover, > and I hand tighten them as well. > > > Kurt Fankhauser > WAVELINC > P.O. Box 126 > Bucyrus, OH 44820 > 419-562-6405 > www.wavelinc.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Steve Barnes > Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 4:13 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Speaking of Tranzeo...... > > These guys always whine about Tranzeo's cover and seals. If you just don't > over tighten them and make sure the seal is on right at the top they work > great. I have 450 of them out with only 3 water issues in 3 years. All those > were installer overzealous with a nut driver or putting to much cable in the > boot messing with the seal. > > However, due to some of the issues that you are discussing here I NEVER USE > THEM BRIDGED. Try setting it to router and login to the radio. If all is > fine there then the cabling is fine. You can port forward to a inside > address if you want with Tranzeo. Is bridged really important. Remember > "Friends don't let friends bridge networks" > > Steve Barnes > RC-WiFi Wireless Internet Service > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Kosinet Wireless > Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 3:23 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: [WISPA] Speaking of Tranzeo...... > > We've been primarily an Alvarion WISP in the past, but decided to use higher > speed / lower cost gear for our expansion. Went with the Tranzeo 2.4 stuff > for a new POP recently. Connected our first Client out there. After we read > all of the words and realized that Vertical Polarity was the "other" way, we > now have great signal. :-) > > The problem is, we're losing Ethernet connectivity on the inside to the > Router. About every 10-15 minutes, it drops off, then comes back on its own > after about 5 minutes. We've replaced Radios, Cable Ends, Power Supply, > Router, Changed IP Addresses - Still drops off. > > It's a TR-CPQ unit in bridged mode - Any time that the Router is "off-line", > I can still access the Radio. > > Has anyone else experienced anything like this? > > -Gary- > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > WISPA Wants You! 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