1300 Bridge fa0 port status down

Question

I have a remote 1300 bridge whose fa0 port consistently goes down after working well for over a week. It shows the port as admin up but line status down - no carrier. It plugs directly into a 1200 ap. I have tried to hard code the speed and duplex but the option to hard code the speed is not available. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Hi
yes the console port on the power injector is is console port for the AP. probably the best way to recover the bridge is to connect the 1310 to a laptops etherernet port and use the console port to learn the IP of the 1310 then manage the 1310 with the GUI it can be done with the CLI but if you have not done a wireless bridge before stick with the GUI. Both 1310's need to be on the same subnet, this is for management not for bridging. the bridging is at level 2 unless you use VLANS but with the routers that should not be an issue. once you have configured the Root router save the config and use it to to congigure the non-root router changing the IP address and the role to Non Root. plug the network cables into the the apropriate router ports and you should be set.
this is assuming you know the userid/passwords for the AP's  the default was Cisco/Cisco.
if the antennas are alinged your bridge should be reliable.
based on the signal level between the AP's i would disable the B data rates use the G data rates and possibley disable the higher data rates if the radio stats show to many retrys, mor than 10%.
Bill