[ubuntu-us-nm] EPC Open Mesh OM2 and OM3
Chris Brotherton
chris at protonlab.net
Sun Mar 15 14:39:10 GMT 2009
Dave,
This is great news. Maybe we can have an upcoming face-2-face at the
EPC. That will really put the wireless network under some stress :)
Chris.
David Einerson wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto: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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