We need a SB response to this issue.
-----Original Message-----
From: Blaine Fleming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 9:55 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Confirmed. I have had this issue since the first one I bought.
--Blaine
At 10:45 AM 7/10/2003, you wrote:
>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
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