Yeah, that was a screwy thing Tranzeo did was to juggle the color scheme on the older units. It was almost B except they reversed the striped and solid conductor locations. I think the new units just have a port you plug into.
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 7:09 AM Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Tranzeo/Smartbridges > > > 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? > > I don't know about the TR-311. The cable coming out of the 2015 (which is > apparently discontinued??) uses the following wiring sequence: > Orange > OrangeWhite > Green > GreenWhite > Blue > BlueWhite > Brown > BrownWhite > > That may not be right order, but it sure as heck ain't T568b! Tranzeo does > have a .pdf on their site with the proper wiring sequence. (I still think > they should have a bright yellow slip of paper in the box that warns about > it ..or better still, change the wiring). The point being... when you're > at a customer's house and you want to drill a tiny 3/8" hole instead of a > 1/2" hole, you need to cut off the provided plug, thread the provided CAT5 > through the hole and then reterminate ...using the above sequence insted > of the T568b standard. This is an accident waiting to happen, IMHO. > Personally, I see no reason to use a non-standard wiring sequence. But > once you know, the issue is (largely) behind you. It's just one more > training issue to keep up with for everyone that you train. (on the other > hand, think of how this would be a non-issue if the T568B standard was > used) > > > > And I need to say a bit more about Tranzeo... > Apparently someone on this list ..uh.. forwarded my comments to their > support staff and a couple of their guys contacted me to clear up any > issues I might have. I thought that was commendable! > > They do have SNMP support for their radios so it turns out I can poll them > with MRTG. I haven't tried it yet. > With the proper firmware, it does read signal strengh (in *true* dB > .something sB does *not* do). I still can't figure out how to get it to > do a sitesurvey and show me all the APs it sees, but that's a minor point. > .I think. > > Just to repeat, I'll be buying from them in the future. > > 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
