Scott, I had a problem once where the link (that had worked for years) would not connect or if it did would not stay connected. I swapped the configuration of which one was the ap and which one was the station and it worked. Must have been interference of some sort.
On 1/30/2012 6:28 PM, Scott Reed wrote: > Update after more work today. > Replaced all the electronics at one end early this morning. No real change. > Replace the cable and antenna at that end this afternoon. When we got > there the link was running with RSSI of around 67/70 and CCQ in the 50's > both ways. Aligned the antenna and I watch the stats for a while while > the climber we getting the old antenna off of the tower. Signal > strength went to around 57/65 and quality was running in the high 80s to > mid 90s. Thought it was fixed. Climber finished attaching new cable to > tower as he came down. When He got to the bottom I checked things > again. Signals are 67/70 and CCQ is all over the place. I have seen > the CCQ jump from 90 to 14 at least once this evening. It didn't drop > the link at 14, rather it climbed back up to nearly 80 and then dropped. > I am at a complete loss as to what is going on. > Oh, the last time I looked, noise floor was around -100 so SNR is > running 30 to 40. > > On 1/29/2012 10:16 PM, Scott Reed wrote: >> Planned for tomorrow. >> >> On 1/29/2012 10:04 PM, Daniel White wrote: >>> Maybe your replacement hardware is bad too. Have you tried another set? >>> >>> Daniel White >>> (303) 746-3590 >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >>> Behalf Of Scott Reed >>> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 7:19 PM >>> To: WISPA General List >>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Backhaul Link gone bonkers >>> >>> One end is just us and the 4 other links there are fine. >>> The other is is us and at least 2 other WISPS, an FM repeater station, some >>> public service repeaters, some commercial 2-way repeaters and ... >>> Just looking at the tower, I don't think there is anything new, but I will >>> ask the tower owner tomorrow. >>> We changed everything at one end and all but the cable at the other. >>> Other 5GHz links we have for either tower do not show symptoms of >>> interference, but that does not mean that isn't our problem. >>> >>> On 1/28/2012 8:31 PM, Greg Ihnen wrote: >>>> If you replaced all gear and even tried a different coax in place of the >>> 60' of LMR then it would have to be some kind of noise, coming in via the >>> power lines or radiated. Who else is on the tower? >>>> Did you only replace/try different gear on one tower or did you try both >>> ends? >>>> Have you done any spectral analysis? >>>> >>>> Greg >>>> On Jan 28, 2012, at 5:35 PM, Scott Reed wrote: >>>> >>>>> I have a link that went bonkers last Saturday or Sunday and it has me >>>>> stumped. >>>>> RB433AH with XR5 at each end. >>>>> Signals running around -69/-71. CCQ is the goofy one. Most of the >>>>> time one direction is in the 50% range, but varies quite a bit. The >>>>> other direction ranges from 16% to 100%. Generally if I see it >>>>> getting close to 100% I know the link is going to drop. It comes >>>>> right back up, usually at about 50%. >>>>> I have tried 20MHz channels, 10MHz channels, 5MHz channels with about >>>>> the same results from all. >>>>> I have tried 5.2-5.3 frequencies and 5.7-5.8 frequencies. 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