Private Link not wug

sydowtou · September 20, 2016, 7:23am

Problem Description
Slow file transfer

Your details
Not a WUG link

Hi CTWUG

I hope that i’m allowed to post this here, I recently purchased 2 Nanobrigdes M5, they are setup 950m apart.

The connection speed between these two units is terrible and i cant seem to figure out why. I previously had SXT’s which was going good for the last 5 yrs but a month ago one unit failed (From the first SXT units made, ram chip near the door got wet). Thats when i purchased the nanobridges.

Im thinking of rewiring the LAN cables to the units.

Both running the latest Firmware
Aligned a few times and adjusted power to get V and H closer to -50dbm
Tested with airmax off and on
Did Airview and selected the least busy freq
Tried different channel width

Diabolix · September 20, 2016, 7:43am

Donny was referring to compliance test mode which is illegal if you don’t own the license for it, and I won’t recommend that at all.

Also running above the EIRP limit for your country is illegal.

Donny · September 20, 2016, 7:45am

Hi @Diabolix

You sure its illegal because my ISP is running it on all their equipment and they been running for more then 10 years. Iam sure they wont do anything illegal …

sydowtou · September 20, 2016, 7:46am

I would like to remain legal

Any suggestions as to why my speed sucks

Diabolix · September 20, 2016, 7:49am

You can try the following to see how it affects your throughput.

Remove encryption from the link.
Lower the MAX TX rate, so that the data rates don’t hop around.
Also make sure you have the latest firmware, as they have made a lot of improvements over the past few months even with just the N kit.

Diabolix · September 20, 2016, 7:50am

180% sure, a lot of wisps use it and they can be heavily fined. Query your ISP about it.

EDIT: Running in compliance test is fine, using it to run non legal frequencies isn’t fine. Which is the only reason to use it. So just stick to your country.

Donny · September 20, 2016, 7:53am

Damn just read up about it Thanks @Diabolix Deff going to query this with my ISP …
Dammit feel like an idiot now … Sorry guys … my error …

Oh just checked iam still in the legal Frequency of SA they just using it somehow to boost the power of the device they say

sydowtou · September 20, 2016, 9:08am

Bump for assistance

Bronny · September 20, 2016, 3:02pm

I hear a lot if you put on wds it helps😅WDS Repeating (eg AP-WDS to AP-WDS peer) reduces your bandwidth by half for each hop because the radios must receive store and then transmit everything.
WDS bridges (eg AP-WDS to Station-WDS) don’t have that problem because there’s no repeating. WDS mode allows things like DHCP and other broadcast packets to get passed along so to make a true layer-2 bridge you need this setup

sydowtou · September 21, 2016, 5:57am

Problem sorted, thanks alot gents.

LAN: 100mbs-Full

Switched it to auto…speeds increased dramatically