I have neither physical nor network access to the AirOS PS2 radio on my roof, other than to cold-boot it by cycling the power (PoE), which I have tried, to no avail. On a moonless night I can sort of see the signal strength LEDs with a pair of binoculars. I have not yet been able to observe them during an outage event.
Outage events are random and not correlated with weather conditions.
PC---(ethernet)--->router---(ethernet)--->radio---(wireless~1mi)--->local_tower---(microwave_beam~2mi)--->main_tower--->fiber_optic_backbone
ping/tracert script log when working correctly:
Code:
The current date is: Wed 11/20/2013
The current time is: 11:22:08.17
c:\> ping e.f.g.h
Pinging e.f.g.h with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from e.f.g.h: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=62
Reply from e.f.g.h: bytes=32 time=6ms TTL=62
Reply from e.f.g.h: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=62
Reply from e.f.g.h: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=62
Ping statistics for e.f.g.h:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 5ms, Maximum = 11ms, Average = 8ms
The current time is: 11:22:11.45
3.30 elapsed seconds for ping
c:\> tracert e.f.g.h
Tracing route to e.f.g.h over a maximum of 30 hops
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1 <-this is my router, hop #1
2 2 ms 5 ms 1 ms a.b.c.d
3 60 ms 86 ms 45 ms e.f.g.h
Trace complete.
The current time is: 11:22:13.76
2.31 elapsed seconds for tracert
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ping/tracert script log when
not working correctly:
Code:
The current date is: Sun 11/17/2013
The current time is: 22:05:52.32
c:\> ping e.f.g.h
Pinging e.f.g.h with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from e.f.g.h: bytes=32 time=7ms TTL=62
Reply from e.f.g.h: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=62
Reply from e.f.g.h: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=62
Reply from e.f.g.h: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=62
Ping statistics for e.f.g.h:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 4ms, Maximum = 7ms, Average = 5ms
The current time is: 22:05:55.64
3.24 elapsed seconds for ping
c:\> tracert e.f.g.h
Tracing route to e.f.g.h over a maximum of 30 hops
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1 <-this is my router
2 2 ms 2 ms 1 ms a.b.c.d
3 4 ms 6 ms 7 ms e.f.g.h
Trace complete.
The current time is: 22:06:57.79
62.07 elapsed seconds for tracert <-yikes!!!
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Here's where I need some networking help. Can the radio on my roof be in "bridge" mode? And if so, does that mean that IP address a.b.c.d in the above log files is not my radio, but something at the local tower or beyond?
I am planning to discuss the problem with my provider once I become a bit more knowledgeable so I know what questions to ask and what data to collect.
PS -
When internet is working, if I type 192.168.1.20 into my browser's address bar, it does not connect with anything - it just times out. If I ping it, it times out.
If I type 10.0.0.1 into my browser's address bar, I get an AirOS login splash screen, but I don't know if that's for my radio or the local tower or ...