I have two problems that I cannot find anywhere, the internet and manufacturer sites seem to be silent about these.
I have an ISP set up on a military FOB. I am using Engenius 2610’s and MicroTik 433’s. They all come back to an RB1000. On most days, I watch the AP’s signal strength (using Inssider, Vistumbler, and Windows list of AP’s) drop to zero then back up again. It does this sometimes as groups of radios) sometimes almost all of them do it. It happens to the other providers on the FOB also. All AP’s are affected.
What should a good signal look like for an AP? Does it vary a little? A lot? Does it have spikes that drop to zero and back up? I am use to RF signals being fairly constant in power. maybe it something I missed in Wireless 101.
Another issue, when I attempt to ping from within a remote MicroTik 433 back to the gateway, I get “net prohibited”. What is this, I can’t find anything on this error? I want to be able to insure the radio talks back to the router okay. The 433’s I use have three radios inside and all of them do the same thing. I can connect, draw an IP from the RB1000 and get to the internet. IT doesn’t matter whether the radio is remote or hard wired to the rack.
Thanks