[MLB-WIRELESS] DLink Gear - Where I recommend you go.

[Matt Pearce]

actually I was reading through the archives last night for MW and
specifically 900AP's and ended up reading a lot on 900AP+'s and this
confirms what I thought about them, thus my refusal to buy one of them.  At
the end of the day it looks like the best product I can get and ironically
the cheapest is the Svec unit from Jamie.

Matt.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Hovel" <joe.hovel at med.monash.edu.au>
To: "'vak'" <vak at alphalink.com.au>
Cc: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 8:01 PM
Subject: RE: [MLB-WIRELESS] DLink Gear - Where I recommend you go.


> Vak et al,
> We (Bendigo Wireless group www.bendigowireless.net) have now established
> that the AP900+ has an issue with working in AP mode. We have tested and
> retested a number of AP900+, a number of antennas (D-link, Hills, self
> manufactured and modified payTV antennas) on a variety of cable lengths.
> In each case, the AP worked perfectly in client mode, irrespective of
> what was connected to it, but in AP mode, they are very fickle! Any
> losses or less than optimal setup (eg distance or tree braches in the
> fresnel zone) will result in major packet losses from 10% to 95%.
> We also tested my AP900 (not+) and it does not exhibit this behaviour!
> In a "commercial" installation in which two of our members are
> responsible, a link between the hospital and one of its clinics was
> unworkable and they returned the D-link APs and replaced them Cisco (no
> other changes at all: same cables, same antennas) and the system has
> been running at full 11Mbps ever since - out of the box.
> We are currently extending our tests with a Lucent AP (mine) and a
> D-link AP900+ in client mode. Thus far (no more than 700 meters) this
> seems to also work flawlessly.
> Just to confirm: we have tried both 2.5.2 and 2.5.6 Firmware and the
> 2.5.6 makes it simply MUCH worse.
> Thanks for selling me the AP 900 (not +) ;)
>
> Joe
>
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