View Full Version : StarVX v1.0.2 build 1716 has been released
A new version of StarVX has been released, and can be downloaded from the www.star-os.com (http://www.star-os.com) downloads page.
Updates include RIP v1/2 support, and the ability to tunnel configuration sessions through one or more StarVX systems.
lonnie
08-06-2005, 04:33 PM
After some testing we have a new image and config program that will get our distance pushed a bit farther. Here are the new limits for the various modes.
Turbo 27 km
Normal 58 km
X2 116 km
X4 233 km
Using X2 and a card rate of 9 mbps I was able to get 5-6 mbps without SuperAG features and 15-16 mbps with SuperAG which adds compression, etc. Normal pings are under 2 msec and 1472 byte pings are under 4 msec. No loss yet after 2,000 pings. Signals are in the -78 to -84 range. Not great but it is solid.
You will want this release, which Tony will release next week after some more testing. RIP seems to work very well and we are running 6 of the new boards in parallel to the WRAP board network. After some more testing we will be shutting down the old WRAP boards and going strictly with the new gear. I expect that to happen after the 15th of August.
go.fast
08-06-2005, 07:47 PM
Lonnie
Are you testing these in real world Point to Point shots at 233Km or 145 miles?
How big are your dishes on this 233km shot?
George
go.fast
08-06-2005, 07:49 PM
we are running 6 of the new boards in parallel to the WRAP board network. After some more testing we will be shutting down the old WRAP boards and going strictly with the new gear. I expect that to happen after the 15th of August.
Lonnie, are you using any of these war boards in real production enviornment with paying customers?
George
The distances mentioned are obtainable using the various modes, though we have no links of that distance ourselves, outside of an 80KM link which Lonnie is referring too.
If I remember correctly, the 80KM link is using 3-foot dishes.
lonnie
08-06-2005, 11:14 PM
Correct. 3 foot dish for 81.5 km and signal bouncing around -80 dB. I would like it higher but the Atheros is rock solid at this level.
This long link does not have real customers yet. Since this is a new link and we need something to play with for the long distance this link will get some abuse and that could tick off paying customers.
Right now we are building our network out, in parallel to the WRAP version, and periodically we swap a new leg in. It is a disruption but is minor. We have to be able to reboot units at any time, since that is required for testing new firmware. That is why we are not going to run paying customer on it. We are running all of our office traffic on the new link so that we know right away if something is wrong. And we don't get Internet until we fix it. It seems to keep us motivated to find and fix troublesome code.