Weather has been hot & humid. You think I can get better info with an analyzer than the built in Ubiquiti?
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Mike <m...@aweiowa.com> wrote: > In my mind, you have eliminated mechanical and radio things. I take your > alignment is right. I would at this point suspect interference. What has > your weather been like? I have seen episodes of tropospheric ducting do > that. I had episodes earlier this summer where I had several days of some > serious ducting events. It's usually when a cooler layer of stale air is > trapped by warmer upper air. Can you get your hands on an analyzer? > > Like I said, the Metageek WiSpy and software is a great little tool for the > money. It runs great on my netbook. If I had a 5.8 version I'd overnight > it to you. > > Friendly Regards, > > Mike > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of RickG > Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 6:17 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti Link - Poor Performance > > No transmitters that I know of. There is a WISP with Canopy in the > next town over but its at least 5 miles away. My magic wand broke too. > Thanks! > > On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 11:25 PM, Mike <m...@aweiowa.com> wrote: > > The USB extension would be for the WiSpy device you'd hook to the > antenna. > > That way you have plenty of cable and don't have to assume a difficult > > position. I have the 2.4G version of the WiSpy but not the 5.8. It can > > tell you a lot for a simple device. > > > > Is there any sort of nearby transmitter where they might have turned up > the > > power? > > > > Did someone deploy Canopy close to you? > > > > I'd loan you my magic wand, but mine broke. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > > Behalf Of RickG > > Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 7:29 PM > > To: WISPA General List > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti Link - Poor Performance > > > > Yes, I use a netbook cause its so easy to take up the tower. I have no > > tried a USB cable on a Rocket yet but I added a "spare" Ethernet cable > > last night. No help. > > > > On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 8:20 PM, Mike <m...@aweiowa.com> wrote: > >> One of those MetaGeek things screwed into your antenna would tell you a > > lot. > >> You'd have to carry a laptop (netbook!) and (do this!) carry a USB > > extension > >> cable. > >> > >> If you are sending large packets to a local device with ping, and seeing > >> loss, I would suspect the CAT5? Spare one up the tower? Can you pull a > > new > >> one? Did you recrimp the ends? > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > >> Behalf Of RickG > >> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 7:09 PM > >> To: WISPA General List > >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti Link - Poor Performance > >> > >> Loss is right, Big time! The Ubiquiti spectrum analysis shows low > >> noise across all bands. I think its about the same as when it was > >> installed but not 100% sure. I'm also not sure if its enough to cause > >> the issue I'm experiencing. Going up to swap the AP now...will advise. > >> > >> On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 8:04 PM, Mike <m...@aweiowa.com> wrote: > >>> Send some really large packet count pings to the device. Do you see > any > >>> loss? > >>> > >>> There might be an interference source that cropped up that the regular > >> radio > >>> scanners won't see. Can you beg, borrow or make an analyzer? > >>> > >>> Friendly Regards, > >>> > >>> Mike > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> ---- > >>> WISPA Wants You! 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