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

David Einerson deinerson1 at gmail.com
Sun Mar 15 15:05:28 GMT 2009


I am all for it. It would be fun to meet everyone and put the open-mesh to
task.

On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 8:57 AM, David Thomas <dthomas at cableone.net> wrote:

> Hey how about a LAN party that I was talking about in last weeks meeting
> at the EPC, get in some real network traffic....What ya think Dave?
>
> On Sun, 2009-03-15 at 08:39 -0600, Chris Brotherton wrote:
> > 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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> > >             >                 deinerson1 at gmail.com
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