I have a backhaul link that has a disconnection problem. First, I will illustrate this for you. We basically have a link like this.
Tower A >>>> Tower B > Sector.
The link is using the atheros ar5413 cards with 2.4 turbo, and the sector is also on 2.4 ghz using the r52hn cards. The signal strengths are very good, but the problem happens when the customers on the sector pull any amount of traffic over 1 meg. When this happens, the ccq on the backhaul link drops to 0 and the link fails after a few seconds. This seems to happen even if we use smaller channels and separate them as far apart as possible.
If anyone would be willing to give me some insight it would be deeply appreciated! We have very unhappy customers
Yes, the ptp is horizontal and the ap is vertical. They are at basically the same height. I’m not exactly sure what brand of antennas are used but the ptp is (I think) the HyperLink 24 dbi grid and the ap is some kind of sector.
Another idea I have is it could possibly be a power issue. We had to upgrade the PoE once because the routerboard would shut off when we enabled all three interfaces. (There is also a 5 ghz grid on tower b feeding to another tower). It’s about a 130 ft run of cat5 up to the router.
As mentioned move the grid as far away as practical, generally AP’s are on top of mast Ptp further down move at least a meter but if can go further do so but watch out by moving you don’t end up with freznel zone issues.
