Hello all !

On our multiple link 5 GHz backbone, we have allways experienced a significant speed difference between upstream and downstream - often a factor 2 or more better in direction of the users. We see this on real traffic and also when testing with various techniques. This is too bad, when you have a symetrical internet connection :-(

It is not a resource bottleneck - we have pc's where the load is high.

It is not a routing problem - the problem persists on a bridged network.

N-streme doesn't make a difference.

The link speed (utp) is typically 30-40 Mbps downstream and 12 - 20 Mbps upstream on a 3-hop link

The radio links are good, typically -60 to -70 dB. We do, however, have some interference from our own network, which is quite large with a relatively high number of links. On the other hand, we have been optimizing the links over a long time (years), and everything is in general working good.

Recommendations ???

Regards from Denmark
KimC

Without more information I would have to guess that you are having interferance problems. Perhaps a directional is pointing in such a way that it is effecting only one end, and you can transmit fine but not receive very well.

I kinda had the same problem on a Nstreme2 link. The fix was switching the tx and rx on each side. It was like moving the AP to the other side of the link.
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