I'm confused about the terminating cat5 on the TR-CPE? You say it's not standard? The female plug is built into the unit and you just make a male-male cable that plugs in to their POE injector...How is it not standard? I am assuming the TR-311 units are different?
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 4:40 PM Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Tranzeo/Smartbridges > > Tim, > > > > What was the reason you RMA'd the Tranzeo units? I've been > troubleshooting > > a random lockup issue on the first three of my initial 12 TR-311 units. > I'm > > afraid to open the rest....So far, Tranzeo has blamed everyting but the > > TR-CPE's (Mostly they say it must be the SB AP's) They did go the extra > mile > > and order an SB APPO to try to duplicate the issue in their lab however, > it > > has been without success. I'm not buying that an AP could cause a CPE > to > > lockup so bad that you can't even get the ethernet to work without a > reset. > > Mine wasn't locking up, it was dead in the water. If it did get anything, > it was dropping 80% of the packets. The guy (Todd? Tyler? Troy? T...?) > said that it was probably a bad capcitor. Truth be told, I think the > problem started when my installer snipped the CAT5 plug, ran it into the > home, and reterminated it using standard T568b ..which is NOT what the > Tranzeo unit uses (Why, oh why, I'll never know! If anyone's planning on > using a Tranzeo unit, just keep that little tidbit in mind. I hate to > sound like an imbecille, but I should think a bright yellow sticker should > be included with each unit saying "WARNING: This unit uses a non-standard > CAT5 termination"). The thing actually worked for a while before we found > out the problem and reterminated it. It worked thereafter, but was > horribly loosing packets. I pulled it out and replaced it with a sB > indoor. (Note to the Tranzeo lurkers: the sB made some improvement, but > not much. Turns out the 40' mast still didn't give us the LOS we needed). > > I brought the Tranzeo back to the shop and played around with it. It > worked off and on, but never reliably. I RMA'd it and they were quick in > sending the replacement unit (2nd Note to Tranzeo lurkers: I won't mention > what was up with the 2nd unit. Let's just keep it our little secret, eh? > ;) > > The unit is working fine as far as I know. Other than the little twerp > (and I use the term nicely) aiming it in the wrong direction, it's been > good. I'm not aware of any issues with it, but I'm not monitoring it like > I am with my sB units. I *think* I've tried it out with 3 of my APs and > its worked just fine. > > (3rd note to Tranzeo lurkers: > -how about support for MRTG or some other graphical stats stuff? > -any possibility for site survey tools on the CPE? I can't get the 2015 to > do a site survey and list all my APs) > > I'll be buying Tranzeo again. > > > > Tranzeo claims no one except myself has ever reported this issue, I'm > hoping > > maybe you might have some info. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mike Saathoff > > Neighborlink Wireless > > > > Tim Foster > www.AledoBroadBand.com > Aledo's only high-speed ISP > > 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
