<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Thanks for the suggestions today, guys. I used WinMTR to monitor routes, and ran some speed tests during the day. 5.9GHz link has remained strong at about 50dB SNR aimed at CapitolPark. Here’s a performance report:<div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><div class="">~12 noon: had one recording of 6.5Mbps download - cool!</div><div class="">2pm-3:15pm</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>ping 42-55mS</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>down: 1.3-1.74 Mbps</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>up: 1.45-1.6 Mbps<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div class="">3:20: no connection possible</div><div class="">3:23-3:35 similar performance to 2-3:15</div><div class="">4:10: performance faltered, and within a couple minutes the routing adjusted and restored performance. (Note time in file name)</div><div class=""><img apple-inline="no" id="C813E9FD-A90A-4FA2-BFAC-F4F81428D3B7" height="102" width="90" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:C90D51B9-A516-4CB6-8537-895931CF1E44@hsd1.wa.comcast.net." class=""><img apple-inline="no" id="67D1895B-F8AC-4F14-B509-E2F1421D9B7F" height="102" width="90" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:29F35E0D-350E-46AA-A121-6E0142136479@hsd1.wa.comcast.net." class=""><img apple-inline="no" id="32FCA735-3B57-4711-B086-89C8DE28EFCF" height="102" width="90" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:C064FF93-31DF-4759-B445-77BFFDC9CF7D@hsd1.wa.comcast.net." class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">7:35pm: ping: 53mS, down = 1.06Mbps, up =0.9Mbps = lowest so far today</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img height="102" width="90" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" apple-inline="no" id="5E9C261B-2E4E-4EEF-A896-82490CCFE236" src="cid:873543A8-00D8-46B4-89DA-C2D4B222CCB7@hsd1.wa.comcast.net." class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">8:44pm: ping: 86mS, down=0.8Mbps and erratic; up=1.1Mbps</div><div class=""><img height="102" width="90" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" apple-inline="no" id="EE846ED5-6565-493D-9677-D1882F4BF0F9" src="cid:E68E753A-FA1F-4FF2-9EDC-B0CAC4826026@hsd1.wa.comcast.net." class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">10:22pm: ping=24mS (fast!), down=1.46Mbps, up=2.0Mbps</div><div class=""><img height="102" width="90" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" apple-inline="no" id="3EE31A6D-447F-4D2C-A8C1-D4155C02F4F0" src="cid:6556D282-42DA-4A48-B948-4605233FDDB7@hsd1.wa.comcast.net." class=""></div><div class="">Note the two “no response” entries, but similar link performance as earlier in the day, plus faster ping.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I hope this helps you guys figure out how the system’s working. As far as I’m concerned, the 1.5Mbps speeds are find for WINLINK, it’s just the availability reliability that’s concerning.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img height="105" width="125" apple-inline="yes" id="90841B39-5F48-4336-8225-9CDE0D9C2A72" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:04659C35-A5B9-4B6C-99CC-9F8074118DB8" class=""></div><div class="">WA6PXX, Mercer Island</div><div class="">
<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 4, 2016, at 1:59 PM, Bart Kus <<a href="mailto:me@bartk.us" class="">me@bartk.us</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/4/2016 1:53 PM, Tom Hayward wrote:<br class="">
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word" class="">Hi - I’m new to the
PSDR, and could use some help getting my HamWAN
connection going. I installed a Poynting + Mikrotik
Router Board system on my roof, and configured using the
Wiki, no problems. I’m getting strong signals between
my QTH at north Mercer Island and the Capitol Park
station:
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<div class="">Connected to ess, CapitolPark-S2/AE7SJ</div>
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<div class="">Signal: -68dBm</div>
<div class="">SNR 51dB</div>
<div class="">Tx: 16.2Mbps, 96% ccq, 16.2Mbps</div>
<div class="">Rx: 16.2Mbps, 96% ccq, 16.2Mbps</div>
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<div class="">However, I get sporadic Internet performance,
measured using <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://speedtest.net/" target="_blank" class="">Speedtest.net</a>.
Here are a few readings this morning:</div>
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<div class="">21ms 3.9 2.8</div>
<div class="">35ms <0.1 stopped</div>
<div class="">77ms 0.27 0.46</div>
<div class="">42ms 2.0 0.1 </div>
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<div class="">I did check my cabling between the radio and the
computer by substitution - no change. </div>
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<div class="">Two things:</div>
<div class="">1. Anybody have any suggestions? What data rate
are others of you getting?</div>
<div class="">2. Is there a place to go to get help on subjects
like this?</div>
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<div class="">Hi David,</div>
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<div class="">Nice to see you have had some success with HamWAN! -68
dBm is a great signal strength and I'm sure many others
here envy your clear line-of-sight to a HamWAN site.</div>
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<div class="">I took a look at this and the slow hop between you and
the Internet is between our Capitol Park and Queen Anne
sites. That link is sub-optimal because it's connected off
the sidelobe of a dish that is pointed at the SnoDEM site.
It's enough to work, but as you've found it's not the
fastest. There's nothing you can do about it.</div>
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<div class="">The way I investigated this is by doing speed tests to
each of the hops in your path. You can find the path like
this (from your modem):</div>
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<div class="">/tool traceroute use-dns=yes 8.8.8.8</div>
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<div class="">(8.8.8.8 is Google public DNS servers. It's likely to
always be up. Feel free to use any other target depending
on the nature of your test.)</div>
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<div class="">To run a speed test (this should work to all HamWAN
routers--let me know if it doesn't):</div>
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<div class="">/tool bandwidth-test protocol=tcp <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://capitolpark-s2.hamwan.net/" class="">CapitolPark-S2.hamwan.net</a></div>
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<div class="">This will test speed between your modem and <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://capitolpark-s2.hamwan.net/" class="">CapitolPark-S2.hamwan.net</a>.
You can test the other direction by adding
direction=transmit to the command.</div>
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<div class="">This is a perfect forum to ask questions like this.</div>
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