Dan,
I
think there’s a bit of confusion
here. From what you’re describing
about pinging google, and the
screenshot you provided, the modem
is getting an IP from the network
properly, and has full
communications.
I
think what you’re seeing is that
your laptop/computer connected to
the modem may not be getting an IP
address, which wouldn’t come from
the network, but instead from the
modem itself.
In
step 12 of the client
configuration instructions we have
you disable the modem from
providing DHCP to devices to make
sure the modem doesn’t interfere
with your home network if you plug
it in there. If you plug the modem
into your home network, you can
give it an IP on your network on
the modem’s ethernet interface, or
if you plan on it being a separate
network where DHCP wouldn’t
interfere, you can add that back
to the ethernet interface as well.
This
latter scenario is described in
the “Next Steps” section of the
client configuration instructions
page, but we don’t make it the
default because everyone’s use
case will be different.
Nigel
Bart,
Thanks
for the advice on the
QRT-5. It looks very
nice; I might upgrade
to that. With my
vertically polarized
sector antenna I found
-77 dBm this
afternoon, and when I
rotated the antenna 90
degrees (now
horizontal) my best
was -88 dBm. Again,
this is a
line-of-sight path at
5 feet above the
ground (possible
Fresnel-zone
problem?).
Today
I had good results
with my MikroTik
Metal 5SHPn
transceiver modem
(reprogrammed with
v6.32.3) and the
sector antenna. This
time my connection
attempt was mostly
okay! I could see
network activity on
tool > traceroute
8.8.8.8 (see
attached), and I could
ping
google.com,
averaging around 80 ms
(median about 40 ms).
However, I could not
get an IP address from
the network. Any ideas
why?
So, next it's up into
the trees behind my
house (tomorrow).
Already I have a
dacron rope
there--placed with
my trusty KR4LO Air
Boss pneumatic line
launcher. Down the
tree and into the
hamshack it's 330
feet, so I'm right
at the edge of the
maximum cable run.
Definitely, I will
be injecting 24 Vdc!
73 from Dan at K7MM
509 330 6398
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