G+_Jason Perry Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Does anyone hear have experience with 900MHz radios for rural internet access? My father has one on his roof and I am interested in moving it to a location with a better line of sight to the tower. My biggest problem is figuring out how to test signal strength. His connection is PPPoE but I can't seem to figure out the IP address of the radio. It should have an IP address right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Michael Fullarton Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Do you mind me asking what provider? I have experience in working with 900MHz wireless Internet in southern Ontario but company I am familiar with did not use PPPoE. Company I'm familiar with used Motorola Canopy hardware. The device web UI was accessible via 169.254.1.1 (yes I know Motorola chose poorly on IP range). Configure nice with 169.254.1.2, 255.255.0.0, and 169.254.1.1. The first screen that comes up is all you need for pointing. Depending on distance from tower and line of sight, you're looking for an RSSI around 800 or higher and a power level in the low -70's or high -60's. Also keep jitter in mind, it typically refers to interference, closer to 0 the better. Here is a reference picture of the CPE WebUI. https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-wAm1_O_dKz4/TYH281h1z0I/AAAAAAAAAQU/NFEzz3x8SA4/s1600/Home1.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jason Perry Posted January 4, 2016 Author Share Posted January 4, 2016 It is with execulink. I know it isn't a Motarola radio, I haven't heard of the company before, I think tango is in the name. I am charging my old phone and will let you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Michael Fullarton Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 That's old old hardware. Going to assume this might help. Edit: broken link. Google Trango M900S and you'll find a PDF in the top results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Todd Barnard Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Ihave a similar service in Colorado. My radio does not have an IP itself, but the tower assigns my router one via the radio. I did a traceroute to find IPs for my router and the tower when I was having dropped connections. The tower is a gateway, so Its IP looked like XX.XX.XXX.1 and it gave my router XX.XX.XXX.59 . Cheers, Todd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Black Merc Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Michael Fullarton? I have an isp that runs the same equipment and IP setup... the end points at customer are basicly bridges to the 900mhz band back to the office. Each bridge has an not routable IP address that let's anyone inside the net to see signal strength, bit rates and more of that unit.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jason Perry Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 Thanks Michael Fullarton, that looks like the one. all the info on the radio is worn off so I couldn't find a model number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jason Perry Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 For everyone, in my first few pages of reading, the service provider can configure the the subscriber unit to function in a number of ways depending on whether switches are on or off. One of the switches allows a TCP/IP connection over the users wired connection. So really it depends on how your company decides to have their tech service the network and knowing the subnet and IP address if the switch is on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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