ICX7150-C12 & R510 Access Point Wi-Fi speeds with AT&T 1Gb Service

[steved1951]

As an update to my previous post, here is more information.

We purchased a Lennar home in the Folsom Ranch community in Folsom, CA, in July of 2019. The house was outfit by Amazon as a “smart home” that included the Ruckus ICX7150-C12 switch and two R510 Access Points. In addition to this, we contracted with AT&T for 1GB Internet service delivered over fiber to a BGW210-700 Internet router. 

The switch is connected directly to the router over Ethernet, and the switch is connected to the two WAP’s, also via Ethernet. The download speed at the router is 884 Mbps. The download speed at the Ruckus Switch is 831 Mbps.

Since Lennar failed to wire the house with Ethernet, other than the wiring from the Switch to the WAP’s, all other traffic is delivered via the two WAP’s – one on the first floor ceiling and one on the second floor ceiling.

Wireless signals within the house measure as high as 425 Mbps and as low as 250 Mbps, depending on line of site and location from either of the two WAP’s. The office on the first floor which contains the two high-end laptops, which happens to be down the hall and in another room, measures one of the lowest speeds at 261 Mbps.

With the advent of smart-tv’s and streaming devices, download speed in other areas of the house, like the family room, loft, etc., is as important as the office location.

The basic question is: what is the fastest speed that the R510 is capable of, and is there any alternative for reaching places that out of the line of site? Are there alternatives to the R510 that could produce higher WiFi signals throughout the house?

[steved1951]

Sorry, it took me longer than expected to get the information you requested as none of the username/password combinations worked.

I was able to get PuTTY to work via Telnet and here are the results:

ICX7150-C12 Switch

telnet@ICX7150-C12 Switch>enable

No password has been assigned yet...

telnet@ICX7150-C12 Switch#show version

  Copyright (c) 2017 Ruckus Wireless, Inc. All rights reserved.

    UNIT 1: compiled on Aug 30 2018 at 04:38:38 labeled as SPS08070c

      (25713184 bytes) from Primary SPS08070c.bin

        SW: Version 08.0.70cT211

      Compressed Boot-Monitor Image size = 786944, Version:10.1.13T225 (mnz10113            )

       Compiled on Tue Jul 24 10:23:08 2018

  HW: Stackable ICX7150-C12-POE

==========================================================================

UNIT 1: SL 1: ICX7150-C12-2X1G POE 12-port Management Module

      Serial  #:FEK3250P0MC

      Current License: 2X1G

      P-ASIC  0: type B160, rev 11  Chip BCM56160_B0

==========================================================================

UNIT 1: SL 2: ICX7150-2X1GC 2-port 2G Module

==========================================================================

UNIT 1: SL 3: ICX7150-2X10GF 2-port 20G Module

==========================================================================

 1000 MHz ARM processor ARMv7 88 MHz bus

 8192 KB boot flash memory

 2048 MB code flash memory

 1024 MB DRAM

STACKID 1  system uptime is 21 day(s) 10 hour(s) 30 minute(s) 40 second(s)

The system started at 00:08:10 GMT+00 Sat Jan 01 2000

The system : started=cold start

telnet@ICX7150-C12 Switch#show flash

Stack unit 1:

  NAND Type: Micron NAND 2GiB (x 1)

  Compressed Pri Code size = 25713184, Version:08.0.70cT211 (SPS08070c.bin)

  Compressed Sec Code size = 25713184, Version:08.0.70cT211 (SPS08070c.bin)

  Compressed Boot-Monitor Image size = 786944, Version:10.1.13T225

  Code Flash Free Space = 1319026688

[steved1951]

Since I didn't see what I thought was my reply yesterday in this update, I am sending it again.

I have the IP address for the ICX7150-C12 Switch, but was unable to login with any combination of username/password, one of which I had writtend down on a slip of paper. So I downloaded puTTY and telneted into the switch to provide you with the responses to the commands you asked for:

telnet@ICX7150-C12 Switch>enable

No password has been assigned yet...

telnet@ICX7150-C12 Switch#show version

  Copyright (c) 2017 Ruckus Wireless, Inc. All rights reserved.

    UNIT 1: compiled on Aug 30 2018 at 04:38:38 labeled as SPS08070c

      (25713184 bytes) from Primary SPS08070c.bin

        SW: Version 08.0.70cT211

      Compressed Boot-Monitor Image size = 786944, Version:10.1.13T225 (mnz10113            )

       Compiled on Tue Jul 24 10:23:08 2018

  HW: Stackable ICX7150-C12-POE

==========================================================================

UNIT 1: SL 1: ICX7150-C12-2X1G POE 12-port Management Module

      Serial  #:FEK3250P0MC

      Current License: 2X1G

      P-ASIC  0: type B160, rev 11  Chip BCM56160_B0

==========================================================================

UNIT 1: SL 2: ICX7150-2X1GC 2-port 2G Module

==========================================================================

UNIT 1: SL 3: ICX7150-2X10GF 2-port 20G Module

==========================================================================

 1000 MHz ARM processor ARMv7 88 MHz bus

 8192 KB boot flash memory

 2048 MB code flash memory

 1024 MB DRAM

STACKID 1  system uptime is 21 day(s) 10 hour(s) 30 minute(s) 40 second(s)

The system started at 00:08:10 GMT+00 Sat Jan 01 2000

The system : started=cold start

telnet@ICX7150-C12 Switch#show flash

Stack unit 1:

  NAND Type: Micron NAND 2GiB (x 1)

  Compressed Pri Code size = 25713184, Version:08.0.70cT211 (SPS08070c.bin)

  Compressed Sec Code size = 25713184, Version:08.0.70cT211 (SPS08070c.bin)

  Compressed Boot-Monitor Image size = 786944, Version:10.1.13T225

  Code Flash Free Space = 1319026688

[steved1951]

I have replied to your response from 11/15/2024 twice, so I don't understand why I can't see those messages. Will they only show up, for example, when you reply to me?

[pinky_ruckus]

Hello @steved1951 ,

Greetings!

Thank you for the response.

I understand that you are experiencing slow speed issues.

We suggest upgrading your switch to the latest stable version to avoid this issue in the future. Your Switch is on an older version that is 08070c.

Please follow the below RUCKUS Lennar Knowledge base self-help article which will help you to upgrade the switch to the recommended version.

https://community.ruckuswireless.com/t5/RUCKUS-Lennar-Support-Knowledge/How-to-upgrade-RUCKUS-ICX-71...

Please follow the process explained in the article and let me know if you have any queries in this regard.

Thank you again. We appreciate your patience and understanding.

Best regards,

Pinky Rajendran

RUCKUS Lennar Home Community.

[steved1951]

I have literally spent hours attempting to follow the upgrade documentation. I successfully upgraded mnz10114.bin and SPS08080f.bin, but failed (several times on SPS08095gufi.bin, which was confusing in the document as it was unclear whether this had to be SPS08095hufi.bin.

I used puTTY and it fails when attempting the "boot system flash primary", where puTTY hangs and the error message, "Network error: Software caused connection abort" appears .

If you will permit me, I'd like to be perfectly candid and honest with you as I have worked in high tech for most of my career - over 40 years. I ran technical support organizations for telecommunications and networking companies like Ascend Communications, Lucent Technologies, and Juniper. I consider myself fairly technical and extremely familiar with supporting customers and solving highly technical issues, so I have to admit that not only is this exercise NOT for the faint of heart but I don't believe the documentation is written with the right audience in mind.

I am willing to continue this exercise only so long before I will make my complaints to Lennar and Amazon who designed and set up the original configuration as I believe they made some gross errors in design and judgement.

Thank you for your time and consideration.