[ubuntu-us-nm] EPC Open Mesh OM2 and OM3

[David Einerson]

Hello team,

Some good news on the EPC Open Mesh front. A full 24 hours without an
outage. The signal strengths and throughput has improved markedly as well. I
was able to convince a few more EPC residents to give the new mesh network a
try, so we now have a real load on the network.

My next steps are to get an 8 port switch to fully replace the 24 port hub
that was giving us problems and I will try to couple the wires that used the
5 port hub in St Josephs copy/break room. If I can't couple them, I'll just
use a spare 5 port switch I have (this is the one I tested all this with
yesterday). We are rapidly approaching the day when we may shutdown the old
wireless router and just use it as a wired router.

Another note: a few of the residents are seeing speedy throughput of between
300-500 KB/s wirelessly depending on how new their NIC's are. This is what
finally converted some of the others to join in and give the new network a
try.

On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 11:10 AM, David Einerson <deinerson1 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Okay, some good news I think: OM2 is now connected directly to our new
> switch and all the lights are proper. I looked closely and it was connected
> to a hub rather than a switch. This means for the time being OM2 is only
> about 20 feet from OM1, so what I'll do is wait a day or so to make sure it
> stays up. If all goes well, I'll replace that old hub with a new switch and
> we'll probably be all set.
>
> Ah hah! See this screenshot:
> http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/369550/epc-open-mesh-om2_diag.jpg
> Notice the gateway column and that OM1,2,3 are all now showing up as
> gateways. This is most excellent! This looks to me like the two old hubs or
> perhaps hubs in general are not open-mesh friendly.
>
> I will indeed give it a few days to shore this conclusion. And as mentioned
> before, I'll get another switch to replace the intermediary hub and move OM2
> back to it's original location in the NW corner of EPC.
>
> I think this issue is well on it's way to being licked.
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 10:42 AM, David Einerson <deinerson1 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Ok team,
>>
>> Something appears awry in between the new switch and OM2. On the new
>> switch, 4 other connections have proper lights and behavior, but OM2 shows
>> only the linkactivity light. The FullDuplex/Colision and the 10/100 lights
>> are off, which I am interpreting as it is running in half-duplex and 10
>> Mbps. Next I am going to move OM2 one step up the wired link chain. For
>> those without a mental picture, OM2 is two switches down the chain, so I'll
>> eliminate the last switch for now to see if that one is the troublemaker (or
>> the wiring, perhaps)
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 10:12 AM, David Thomas <dthomas at cableone.net>wrote:
>>
>>> Keep me posted
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, 2009-03-14 at 09:47 -0600, David Einerson wrote:
>>> > Dave Thomas,
>>> >
>>> > Let's see where the new switch puts us.
>>> >
>>> > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 9:30 AM, David Thomas
>>> > <dthomasdigital at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >         What can I do to help.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >         On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 9:22 AM, David Einerson
>>> >         <deinerson1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >                 Hello all,
>>> >
>>> >                 I bought and have been using a medium quality power
>>> >                 line filter and surge suppressor for OM2 for about a
>>> >                 week now and it is still going down mysteriously. So,
>>> >                 now that I have some time, I am going to try and
>>> >                 diagnose it. We have the same problem with OM3, but I
>>> >                 will start with OM2.
>>> >
>>> >                 I am going to try one thing in particular. I am
>>> >                 thinking the hub we are using could be the issue, so I
>>> >                 am going to put a brand new switch in the hub's place
>>> >                 and see if the old hub is the issue. I'll pass along
>>> >                 my results soon.
>>> >
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