This is what I've heard:
This issue has been addressed and we are NOW SHIPPING KN-50 with the
following Product ID's:
1) KIT-0009 KN-50 with TurboCell Ethernet Bridge Software for Hermes II
2) KIT-0008 KN-50 with Hermes II radio and TurboCell Ethernet Bridge
Software
Norm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Hrbek" <bhrbek@jagwireless.net>
To: "Norm Young" <lists@applegatebroadband.net>; "Karlnet Mailing List"
<karlnet@WISPNotes.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Karlnet] KN-50 Software Issues - Only with Hermes/Ruby
basedradios?
> I've not heard that Karlnet fixed the KN-50 problem. I'd love to stop
> pulling those stupid cards out and replacing them with REAL Hermes cards.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Norm Young" <lists@applegatebroadband.net>
> To: <bradlists@mnns.com>; "Karlnet Mailing List" <karlnet@wispnotes.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 3:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [Karlnet] KN-50 Software Issues - Only with Hermes/Ruby
> basedradios?
>
>
> > Hi Brad,
> >
> > My understanding is that the Ubicom based radios don't have this
problem,
> > and are 100mW. The KN-50s did have this problem, but has now been
> > addressed by Karlnet. (I have several new KN-50 cards ready to go into
> > units this morning.) I like the KN-50s, been using them for about as
> long
> > as they've been out, and really like the MapleNet i19 and BWR modules
they
> > come in. Very slick installs. To recap the Ubicoms have 100mW Prism
> 2.5
> > radios that do what Prism 2.5's do--namely have good power but don't
> report
> > signal/noise correctly. (Anyone know if there's a set dB you can
subtract
> > to make it correct?) The KN-50's have been very robust in the field,
have
> a
> > 33mW radios, and report signal/noise correctly. Only downside is that
I
> > require all my KN/Ubicom customers to purchase a router which I set the
> > password on and maintain. It would be nice if I could NAT to one IP on
> > these units...but, pretty darn good for $300/complete CPE.
> >
> > Norm
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Brad Gass" <bradlists@mnns.com>
> > To: "Karlnet Mailing List" <karlnet@WISPNotes.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 12:03 PM
> > Subject: [Karlnet] KN-50 Software Issues - Only with Hermes/Ruby based
> > radios?
> >
> >
> > All,
> >
> > I'm currently planning, and about to seriously get into deploying a
> > significant number of new wireless clients, and I want to use the KN-50
> > units, but want to get some clarification on the issues reported with
> > them.
> >
> > First, before I go any further, I do understand that Prism based radios
> > don't properly report signal strength on the client side, and the other
> > issues involved.
> >
> > But are the issues with packet loss on the KN-50 based units specific to
> > those containing Hermes/Ruby based radios, or are they also present in
> > units with Prism radios? Does it matter what the base station is
running
> > for a radio - Hermes/Ruby or Prism based? WEP?
> >
> > Reason I ask is that I have several (a mix actually) Ubicom based
Karlnet
> > clients running, and have had them running for some time now, and none
of
> > them exhibit the packet loss bug that seems so prevalent and serious of
> > late. But, none of them are real KN-50's, and all have Prism radios in
> > them, and all are running 128 bit WEP, with Hermes radios in the base
> > station.
> >
> > So, my question is does this bug appear with Prism radios in teh KN-50's
> > too? Does the current KN-50 software load support the use of Prism
based
> > radios if I were to swap the Hermes/Ruby radios out for Prism based
ones?
> > Does WEP seem to compound the bug any (more)?
> >
> > Just having a bit of trouble finding out exactly under what conditions
or
> > hardware configurations this issue appears, and trying to find a
> > workaround before deploying any more Karlnet hardware - or not deploying
> > it at all.
> >
> >
> > Brad
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