"wireless" DSL

I have a 900 MHz wireless broadband. Since the leaves came on the
tress, of course in the direction of the tower/anntenna, I seem to have
lost some signal.

Since I can not configure the WaveRider EUM3004, is there a program I
can use from my XP box like Netstumbler to get me dBi readings?


I get different results from the web based "speed" tests.

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> I have a 900 MHz wireless broadband. Since the leaves came on the
> tress, of course in the direction of the tower/anntenna, I seem to have
> lost some signal.

Why do you think that? What's the symptoms? Do you own a chainsaw?

> Since I can not configure the WaveRider EUM3004, is there a program I
> can use from my XP box like Netstumbler to get me dBi readings?

> I get different results from the web based "speed" tests.

Different from what? Each other? No amount of signal is going to give
you consistant speed tests. You seem to be posing from the U.S., try the
Giganews speed test:
http://www.giganews.com/test_connect.html
WaveRider modems are good but can't work miracles. And their bandwidth
is limited compared to many wireless solutions, but that's the tradeoff
for "non" line of sight operation. More accurately, it should be "near"
line of sight. Still faster than dialup though unless something is
terribly wrong.

Thanks. My speed tests are slower. Chainsaw would work if trees on my
prop but not.

It used to be 250k now I'm at 190k. So i'm wondering if the tree leaves
are effecting the signal.

So if I had a tool to measure dB I could deteremine if I need a better
anntenna.




Rôgêr wrote:
> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> > I have a 900 MHz wireless broadband. Since the leaves came on the
> > tress, of course in the direction of the tower/anntenna, I seem to
have
> > lost some signal.
>
> Why do you think that? What's the symptoms? Do you own a chainsaw?
>
> > Since I can not configure the WaveRider EUM3004, is there a
program I
> > can use from my XP box like Netstumbler to get me dBi readings?
>
> > I get different results from the web based "speed" tests.
>
> Different from what? Each other? No amount of signal is going to give

> you consistant speed tests. You seem to be posing from the U.S., try
the
> Giganews speed test:
> http://www.giganews.com/test_connect.html
> WaveRider modems are good but can't work miracles. And their
bandwidth
> is limited compared to many wireless solutions, but that's the
tradeoff
> for "non" line of sight operation. More accurately, it should be
"near"
> line of sight. Still faster than dialup though unless something is
> terribly wrong.

On 20 Apr 2005 05:09:56 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>Thanks. My speed tests are slower. Chainsaw would work if trees on my
>prop but not.
>
>It used to be 250k now I'm at 190k. So i'm wondering if the tree leaves
>are effecting the signal.

The leaves can't effect the signal. Only the ISPs transmitter can do that.

>So if I had a tool to measure dB I could deteremine if I need a better
>anntenna.
>
>
>
>
>Rôgêr wrote:
>> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>> > I have a 900 MHz wireless broadband. Since the leaves came on the
>> > tress, of course in the direction of the tower/anntenna, I seem to
>have
>> > lost some signal.
>>
>> Why do you think that? What's the symptoms? Do you own a chainsaw?
>>
>> > Since I can not configure the WaveRider EUM3004, is there a
>program I
>> > can use from my XP box like Netstumbler to get me dBi readings?
>>
>> > I get different results from the web based "speed" tests.
>>
>> Different from what? Each other? No amount of signal is going to give
>
>> you consistant speed tests. You seem to be posing from the U.S., try
>the
>> Giganews speed test:
>> http://www.giganews.com/test_connect.html
>> WaveRider modems are good but can't work miracles. And their
>bandwidth
>> is limited compared to many wireless solutions, but that's the
>tradeoff
>> for "non" line of sight operation. More accurately, it should be
>"near"
>> line of sight. Still faster than dialup though unless something is
>> terribly wrong.

Barry

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Thanks. My speed tests are slower. Chainsaw would work if trees on my
> prop but not.
>
> It used to be 250k now I'm at 190k. So i'm wondering if the tree leaves
> are effecting the signal.
>
> So if I had a tool to measure dB I could deteremine if I need a better
> anntenna.

Not the answer you want to hear, but probably the right answer: call
your WISP and tell them your speed is dropping and you'd like them to
check it out. If they're like most WISPs, they don't leave customers any
configuration tools on the WaveRider because they don't want to have to
be out fixing them all the time.

If you have a WISP that you can't get good service from you could
mention to them that you're thinking of either switching to another
service or fixing it yourself. There are a limited number of 900MHz
antennas for WaveRider for sale over the net, Google up some and see if
you want to tackle swapping out.

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Thanks. My speed tests are slower. Chainsaw would work if trees on my
> prop but not.
>
> It used to be 250k now I'm at 190k. So i'm wondering if the tree leaves
> are effecting the signal.
>
> So if I had a tool to measure dB I could deteremine if I need a better
> anntenna.

I meant to add to the last post but hit "send" before I did. As you
probably already know, it may not be an issue with leaves or signal loss
at all, it may be a more crowded network, somebody hogging the bandwidth
using filesharing or other network issues.

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Since I can not configure the WaveRider EUM3004, is there a program I
> can use from my XP box like Netstumbler to get me dBi readings?

Did you try any of the tools from the Waverider web site?
It looks like they offer configuration and site survey tools, as well as
snmp MIBs and pointers to SNMP packages like snmpc.

This looks like an absolute treasure trove of support softwware compared to
the pathetic offerings at any WiFi site.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5

Thanks for the info- a great help. I'll follow up with your ideas.



(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> > Since I can not configure the WaveRider EUM3004, is there a
program I
> > can use from my XP box like Netstumbler to get me dBi readings?
>
> Did you try any of the tools from the Waverider web site?
> It looks like they offer configuration and site survey tools, as well
as
> snmp MIBs and pointers to SNMP packages like snmpc.
>
> This looks like an absolute treasure trove of support softwware
compared to
> the pathetic offerings at any WiFi site.
>
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> ---
> Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Thanks for the info- a great help. I'll follow up with your ideas.

I downloaded the site survey software. This offers a NetStumbler-like
product in a grown up company. It reads NMEA from my GPS, with some nice
GPS-related display. It looks like what you want.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5

Hi,

Thanks. What is "NMEA?"