A few of my recent sB installations have lost association at random times (normally while the client computer is off), and not regained it (without manual power resets). I have addressed this in an earlier post and smartBridges has responded.
The reason I bring it up again is this....I am wondering if the units that have been "deemed" bad by myself, have actually been bad due to poor power problems with the flakey POE?? To hopefully prove my theory, last night instead of replacing another suspected bad unit (due to loss of association), I played with the POE cabling a bit and made sure the connector was well seated and am now waiting to see if it loses association again. Sully -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark P. Sullivan Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 9:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [smartBridges] POE flakey??? sB...this may be something for you to look at closely. I was troubleshooting a clients bad airBridge unit last night and noticed something flakey about the POE unit. Hope I can describe it... If you follow the wall plug wire up to the point where you can connect/disconnect it from the POE unit there is a chrome plug. Out of the box, this is initially unplugged. While you are looking at your connected/associated sB product...hold that chrome power plug in both hands (one on the power plug side and one on the POE side) and twist it 360 degrees around axis. You will notice that the power goes on and off. I did very small tweaks (rotating the chrome plug around axis) until I actually found a spot that would cause the sB unit to go (and stay) offline (noticed the Ethernet 10 Meg connection go offline "Cable Unplugged"). I then tweaked it a bit away from that position and it would go back online ("10 Meg Cable connected"). I was logged into the sB product (in my case airBridge), and when I would twist this connector, it would lose association (obviously...due to loss of power) and then twist it back and it would reassociate. I tried this with several POE units and power cables. All with the same results. Given some more time, I will have to check the POE power pins and see if there are "sweet spots" on this chrome plug that allow the full 12 volts to pass. Or vice versa. Can someone else confirm my findings please?? Sully The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org
