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andy2010
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SXT/OmniTik Improve Wireless Performance

Wed Feb 15, 2012 1:07 pm

Hello,

i have two SXTs connected to a OmniTik. I setup static WDS and Routing between them and would like to know if i should optimize some of my wireless settings.

OmniTik:
[admin@omnitik_holly] /interface wireless> print
Flags: X - disabled, R - running
 0  R name="wlan_holly" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:0C:42:C3:4B:ED arp=enabled
      interface-type=Atheros 11N mode=ap-bridge ssid="wlan_holly"
      frequency=5200 band=5ghz-onlyn channel-width=20/40mhz-ht-above
      scan-list=default wireless-protocol=nv2 wds-mode=static
      wds-default-bridge=none wds-ignore-ssid=no bridge-mode=disabled
      default-authentication=yes default-forwarding=yes default-ap-tx-limit=0
      default-client-tx-limit=0 hide-ssid=no security-profile=doenet
      compression=no
Clients:
[admin@sxt_bauer] /interface wireless> print
Flags: X - disabled, R - running
 0  R name="wlan" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:0C:42:CD:4F:E1 arp=enabled
      interface-type=Atheros 11N mode=station-wds ssid="wlan_holly"
      frequency=5200 band=5ghz-onlyn channel-width=20/40mhz-ht-above
      scan-list=default wireless-protocol=nv2-nstreme-802.11
      wds-mode=disabled wds-default-bridge=none wds-ignore-ssid=no
      bridge-mode=enabled default-authentication=yes default-forwarding=yes
      default-ap-tx-limit=0 default-client-tx-limit=0 hide-ssid=no
      security-profile=doenet compression=no
Signal Strength is about -53

If i connect two Windows 7 workstations to both SXTs and copy a large file via SMBv2 i get the whole 100Mbit.
If i copy the same file from Windows XP (SMBv1) to Windows 7, i only get about 50-60Mbit

Is there anything to improve? What wireless Protocol/settings would you use for 0,5-2 km links with LOS?

Regards

Andy
 
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Re: SXT/OmniTik Improve Wireless Performance

Wed Feb 15, 2012 1:09 pm

SXT ethernet port is limited to 100Mbit, so you can't get more. About the Windows XP problem if Windows 7 works fine, apparently it's an XP problem.
 
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Re: SXT/OmniTik Improve Wireless Performance

Wed Feb 15, 2012 4:40 pm

SXT ethernet port is limited to 100Mbit, so you can't get more. About the Windows XP problem if Windows 7 works fine, apparently it's an XP problem.
i know 100Mbit is max, but the same XP machine can also handle up to 100Mbit if i connect them via a wired switch
 
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Re: SXT/OmniTik Improve Wireless Performance

Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:36 am

It's a XP problem.

Try with this freeware tool:

http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php