I would stop using something if I had that many failures a month, even for that many subscribers. You'll have replaced your whole subscriber base in three years at that rate, even if the customer didn't need the upgrade. Or half of them in 18 months. The 433 is is probably less expensive than a service call + rb411. I've not bought a single 411 because I've heard of this problem. I do buy lots of 433ah's though.
I've got some radios out in the field that close to 10 years old now. I do expect 5-6 years out of a radio on average, even if I pay for it in 1-3. Our guys can only handle so many service calls and miles of travel a day. We use mostly Trango and Alvarion radios, and 100ish MT routers. We dispose of a couple of each type of radio, and maybe 1 RB a month for about twice as many subs. On Sat, Aug 01, 2009 at 10:26:28AM -0400, Chuck Hogg wrote: > The chip on the 411 is different than the one on the 433, the 433 has a > switch chip built in. We could probably repair the 433/450 as well, but > the chip to repair/replace is significantly more expensive. I have not > seen as many issues with the 433's blowing, but we seem to blow about > 10-20 411's a month out of 700 or so subs using them. > > Regards, > Chuck Hogg > Shelby Broadband > 502-722-9292 > ch...@shelbybb.com > http://www.shelbybb.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Scott Carullo > Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 10:24 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] WTB: MikroTik RB/411 with blown ethernet ports > > Man I thrown a bunch of these out. Have to dig through my trash now lol > > I assume its the same deal with eth ports on RB450G and others? > > Question - Its funny your subject listed the RB411. I have had LOTS of > RB411 eth ports blown. Obviously I'm not the only one or this thread > would > not have started. Do you all see the same problems on other > routerboards > or just the RB411? I'm curious if I were to use say an RB433 would it > be > any more resilient to close lightning strikes? I'd gladly start using > them > or whatever else might work. I do have lots of 532's and 133's and they > do > not seem to have this problem, but I have more RB411's so it could be > just > statistics... > > Opinions? > > Scott Carullo > Brevard Wireless > 321-205-1100 x102 > > -------- Original Message -------- > > From: "Chuck Hogg" <ch...@shelbybb.com> > > Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 5:07 PM > > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > > Subject: [WISPA] WTB: MikroTik RB/411 with blown ethernet ports > > > > If you have any RB/411's that boot up, but have blown Ethernet ports, > I > > will buy them from you. > > > > > > > > $5/board if you don't want it back > > > > $20/board if you would like it repaired and sent back to you. > > > > > > > > Some boards that we have been receiving cannot be repaired due to a > > direct lightning strike. They must be bootable, but without link. > > Please contact me off-list for further details. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Chuck Hogg > > > > Shelby Broadband > > 502-722-9292 > > ch...@shelbybb.com > > > > http://www.shelbybb.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---- > ---- > > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---- > ---- > > > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- /* Jason Philbrook | Midcoast Internet Solutions - Wireless and DSL KB1IOJ | Broadband Internet Access, Dialup, and Hosting http://f64.nu/ | for Midcoast Maine http://www.midcoast.com/ */ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
