You're right Adair. Still hasn't changed. The official UBNT answer is to zip tie the cable just below the jack super tight (it will need to be a smaller zip tie). You can use dielectric grease, too.
What I do is a 180* bend and zip tie it solid. It's worked for 12 months including these -10* few weeks. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 1:09 PM, Adair Winter <ada...@amarillowireless.net> wrote: > Yep, that's the common problem. > to my knowledge UBNT has not changed the jack on the radio. > > On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 12:04 PM, Kurt Fankhauser <lists.wavel...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> OK, i just got back down from the tower, took up a spare AF5X with me. >> When i got to the top the original radio was powered up and RF was linked >> but data port light not lit. I pushed up on the CAT5 and i could feel the >> connector move in the socket a little deeper and the link light came on. >> Pulled it down a little and link light went back out. I then un-mounted the >> radio from the antenna and repeated this several times and with the >> pushing/pulling on the connector and it would repeatedly lose link light >> when i pulled down on connector. Swapped the radio with a brand new one and >> tried pulling/pushing on connector and this one would not lose the link >> light. I also could tell this radio's ethernet port felt a little more snug >> with less movement on the connector. Did UBNT change the ethernet port at >> some point in production on these radios??? The old radio's MAC >> is: 04:18:D6:E3:56:76 >> >> Also i did have a service loop on the ethernet wire at the top so there >> was definitely not excessive pull on the RJ45 connector however i did not >> have a zip tie holding the ethernet tight as it went into the radio. >> >> On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 12:51 PM, Mitch Koep <af...@abwisp.com> wrote: >> >>> LOL did that with the very last pair I ever tried but it was -16 with >>> -36 wind chill >>> >>> That pair flew off the tower, and still have one pair to get rid of >>> >>> First pair I could never get to connect second pair got connected to >>> >>> a tower 3 miles away to test then it got cold (LOL Minnesota Winter) >>> >>> and the Ethernet failed was so mad I threw them off the tower >>> >>> and it warmed my heart lol >>> >>> Mitch Koep >>> >>> 218-851-8689 cell >>> >>> >>> >>> On 1/2/2018 10:02 AM, Kurt Fankhauser wrote: >>> >>>> Has anyone else seen AF5X radios that starting dropping ethernet in >>>> cold weather? We have been having sub zero temps at night past week and i >>>> have 2 towers that had an AF5X radio that the ethernet decided to drop out. >>>> One tower cleared itself up on its own after 2 days, another one just >>>> started this morning. Looks like i am going to have to climb to replace a >>>> radio and its freaking -5 degrees out right now..... >>>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- > > Adair Winter > VP, Network Operations / Co-Owner > Amarillo Wireless | 806.316.5071 <(806)%20316-5071> > C: 806.231.7180 <(806)%20231-7180> > http://www.amarillowireless.net > <http://www.amarillowireless.net> > > >
