View Full Version : Need advice on WAR/WRAP/V3/VX
Skaught
01-16-2006, 11:32 PM
My backahul is running on WRAP and the CPU is tanked at 100%, 100% of the time. I also see massive packet loss during peak times.
I have 1 WAR here with STAR-VX on it and can easily order another. Should I wait another week for V3 before I install these or should I put in StarVX?
I am really hesitant to use StarVX as EVERYTHING relies on this link.
And also are there any hints you can give to guy me a few days with my processor? I have disabled everything I can and hardcoded the radios to 36mbit. Dunno if turning down the speed helps the CPU or makes it worse or has no impact.
lonnie
01-17-2006, 12:35 AM
As I have said the StarVx is a good backhaul if you stay strictly p2p and routed. Did you miss my post about the StarVx link that spans 100 km using 6 repeaters? I managed to pull 20+ mbps end to end.
The troubles have all mostly been guys using p2mp and or bridging.
Skaught
01-17-2006, 11:36 AM
What is the upgrade from VX to V3 involve?
I assume it is a network based flash process followed by configuring from defaults.
Actually if I am understanding Lonnie correctly, they just updated 6 WAR boards yesterday from StarVx to StarOS v3 and the upgrade process kept all settings intact (even routing settings) and they did it over the network.
lonnie
01-17-2006, 11:28 PM
One of the units was 6 hops, up a mountain 90 km away. It went smooth. We all know many things can happen during that process, but we got lucky.
Actually if I am understanding Lonnie correctly, they just updated 6 WAR boards yesterday from StarVx to StarOS v3 and the upgrade process kept all settings intact (even routing settings) and they did it over the network.
Lonnie, as I understand so far, you have many links in range up to ~150 km with several hops (6 now as you mentioned).
Do you have some special/additional setups or equipment in order to have higher availabity at these points?
lonnie
01-18-2006, 09:22 AM
I will post a link to our network graph later today. Our total span is over 100 km and the farthest two shots are about 43 km each.
Lonnie, as I understand so far, you have many links in range up to ~150 km with several hops (6 now as you mentioned).
Do you have some special/additional setups or equipment in order to have higher availabity at these points?