QUESTION POSED ON: 27 September 2004
About two months ago we suffered a lightning strike to our WLAN at the antenna (bridge). The wireless link to our warehouse was working to perfection. Not so after the lightning strike.
At the time of the lightning strike we were running 802.11b throughout the entire system. Including, two 802.11b (D-link) devices configured as a wireless bridge shooting about 300 meters. After the lighting strike we have had a terrible time getting our wireless link working as it was prior.
First we replaced both sides of the bridge with (D-link) 802.11g devices. The link would go up and down. Thinking maybe it was now a power issue we ran both bridge devices through UPS units with AVR. This seemed to help the situation some but didn't bring back total connectivity. We then replaced switches and some cabling. Still no luck.
We then tried to go backwards by finding two bridge units identical (802.11b) to what we had before the lightning strike. Unfortunately one of the two units we purchased (refurb) rattled straight out of the box. Anyway, we had no luck going backwards.
After many conversations with D-link, who I must say has always provided fantastic support; we bridged the 802.11g units in "super G mode." The bridge is working but is still problematic when it comes to running Intuit Master Builder.
Our main software running accounting and estimating is Intuit Master Builder. For some reason the program will not work well over this WLAN. All programs, other than Master Builder work great. The Intuit program was running fine prior to the lightning strike. We just can't get back to where we were.
Any suggestions?
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