I've also see this happen on every firmware release going back to the
original COR/ROR firmware that Karlnet produced for Lucent. Rebooting the
AP has always restored IP communication to the remote/customer. Currently
using 4.31 & 8.10 still see this happen at least once per month...
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On 2003-Mar-08 at 5:50 PM Nate McLain wrote:
>I have a problem similar to this but I'm using Flashrom units. I ping
>certain customers on different sectors and I get the exact same thing. I
>won't be able to ping a customer from anywhere around 1-10 minutes and then
>there back. There signals are great and my problem happens just by chance..
>No sort of pattern at all.
>I very interested in a solution to this mystical problem as well!!
>
>Nate
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: karlnet-bounces@WISPNotes.com
>[mailto:karlnet-bounces@WISPNotes.com]On Behalf Of Ben Polson
>Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 1:39 PM
>To: Karlnet Mailing List
>Cc: support@karlnet.com
>Subject: RE: [Karlnet] Three different AP1000 keep loosing one card
>
>
>I am having a similar problem in an AP-1000 as well. My problem, however,
>is that after a seemingly random period of time, all customers on a
>Turbocell link lose IP connectivity for anywhere from 1-7 minutes. They
>never lose radio signal, but the customers cannot even ping the access
>point
>interface IP during these outages. I am also running 4.31 and have 8.10 on
>the gold cards that I am using. I have seen this consistently 1-3 times a
>week for the past 2 months and rebooting the AP makes no difference. I
>suspect that there is a bug somewhere in the Karlnet code that locks up a
>routing or MAC table somewhere, perhaps a memory leak, though I don't have
>enough insight into the code to figure the rest out. I was planning on
>reporting this as a bug to Karlnet, but haven't done so yet.
>
>-Ben.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: karlnet-bounces@WISPNotes.com
>> [mailto:karlnet-bounces@WISPNotes.com]On Behalf Of
>> helio@compuland.com.br
>> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 10:59 AM
>> To: karlnet@WISPNotes.com
>> Cc: support@karlnet.com
>> Subject: [Karlnet] Three different AP1000 keep loosing one card
>>
>>
>> Hi:
>>
>> I've post that in last November:
>>
>> > I have an issue with an AP1000 running Karlnet TurboCell ISP.
>> The slot one is
>> >used as a satellite to link to another AP. The slot two is used
>> as a ISP polling
>> >base. Sometimes the slot one just hangs (the card just seems to
>> turn off) - a
>> >reboot in the bridge solves. The link has good SNR (about 30db).
>> The AP is brand
>> >new.
>> >
>> >Could be a problem with the bridge ? Or with the card ? Firmware issue ?
>>
>> Just an update...
>>
>> I got suggestions from the list and Karlnet support sent me the
>> 4.31 version of ISP
>> Base to try to solve the issue. Unfortunately, the problem remains...
>>
>> After 20 dias, average, the AP1000 looses one card. I didn't find
>> any pattern
>> that could explain. Does not seem to be related to traffic load ,
>> nor temperature
>> (could happen during the day or in the middle of the night) not
>> even storms or
>> lightining. . Even a lightly loaded AP1000 sometimes hangs... The
>> SNR is good (30
>> average). Do not use power over ethernet, they have power source
>> and online
>> nobreak nearby.
>>
>> I remember someone in the list told us of a similar problem...
>> Actually I have 10 bridges running, most of them never had the problem.
>> All of them using Orinoco Gold Cards, 8.10 firmware.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Helio.