RE: [smartBridges] ethernet port dieing?

[Bobby Bounds]

We had Qty. 6 units die in the last month for the same reason…..the Ethernet side of the units died. This nearly wiped us out as we weren’t expecting such a thing to happen. I’m guessing here…..the units cannot withstand even small amounts of transient current on the ethernet side. On outdoor units there is typically a long run of Ethernet exposed to the open air allowing for the opportunity for stray current to induce in the wire. Also, not only did our radios blow on several units the hub/router on the other end blew as well. We are in Albuquerque, NM so we have thunderstorm events, however none of our sites were ‘hit’ by lightning…it was the transient energy in the surrounding atmosphere that did it, we think. On two units the A/C to DC transformers blew as well. We lost APPO’s in our infrastructure so it has taken several weeks to get things back to working correctly.   Bobby Bounds Airwave Internet, LLC Albuquerque, NM [EMAIL PROTECTED]       -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of beckman Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 10:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [smartBridges] ethernet port dieing?   we have had 3 units die from Ethernet port failure. Is this common? all units were installed according to spec, and a APC Ethernet surge protector added for extra protection. Antennas were all plastic but we put a ground wire on the connector housing. (grounded antennas are code around here)