I stumbled upon it by accident. I'm not sure why I decided to take one apart, but I saw the little battery in there and thought "hmmm". So I got a new one and it got its memory back...well at least after a reprogramming. I guess its like a cmos battery. Lose it and you have to go reset all your settings on the MB. I'm not sure why they haven't gone to flash memory on these things.
Cameron On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 11:48 PM, Brad Belton <b...@belwave.com> wrote: > Cameron - Nick, > > No kidding, an internal battery will render the unit unreachable even after > a hard factory reset? Good to know. I guess I'll order a couple more > replacements, so I can then crack open the ones that have become doorstops > and check them out. > > Thanks, > > > Brad > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Nick White > Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 10:13 PM > To: wireless@wispa.org > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Off-net rebooting > > We saw the same issue. Had to replace the internal battery on about ten > of them after 3-4 years of deployment. Been fine ever since. > > On 7/27/2010 5:32 PM, Cameron Crum wrote: > > Brad, > > I found out what causes this. There is a small battery inside that > > loses its ability to keep a charge. Once this happens, the thing goes > > back to defaults at every reboot. You can get a replacement at > > batteries plus. It looks like a double a, but is some li variant. > > > > Cameron > > > > On Tuesday, July 27, 2010, Brad Belton<b...@belwave.com> wrote: > > > >> Butch Evans put together a MikroTik script for us that monitors our APC > >> UPSs. Sends us an email when power is lost along with battery time > >> remaining. Then sends us an email again once power is restored and > again > >> updates the remaining battery life. Works well, but unfortunately the > >> RB493AH doesn't have a USB port for the standard included APC USB > >> cable...for that matter very few multi-interface RouterBoards have USB > >> ports. Most of our HUB sites are x86 based routers, so it hasn't been a > >> huge deal for us, but having the ability to monitor the UPS via the > MikroTik > >> router is very handy. > >> > >> We have many of the Digital Loggers eight port rack mount remote power > >> switches. We've been seeing a higher failure rate out of them than we > like > >> to see. Basically they just become "deaf" or non-responsive via their > >> Ethernet port...even after a hard reset they are toast. Anyone else > seeing > >> similar results from the Digital Logger rack mount 8 port? They're a > great > >> value at $200-$300, but not if we keep seeing failures... > >> > >> Best, > >> > >> > >> > >> Brad > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > >> Behalf Of Chuck Profito > >> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 4:53 PM > >> To: 'WISPA General List' > >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Off-net rebooting > >> > >> http://www.digitalloggers.com/lpc.html > >> > >> This is the small one, there is a larger one, both have auto ping for > off > >> line rebooting. We have them on all ap / tower sites. They a have > saved a > >> trip up the hill many a night! no monthly fee. > >> Also, put a old CB-3 into the surge side of a battery backup and your > >> network auto ping will know EXACTLY when the power goes down, and you > know > >> how long the batteries will last. > >> > >> > >> Chuck Profito > >> 209-988-7388 > >> CV-Access, Inc. > >> www.cv-access.com / cprofito'at'cv-access.com > >> Providing Broadband Internet Access to > >> California's Rural Central Valley > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > >> Behalf Of Mike Hammett > >> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 10:41 AM > >> To: WISPA General List > >> Subject: [WISPA] Off-net rebooting > >> > >> What are you guys doing for off-net rebooting? I know someone at > >> WISPCON years back had a pager based system. 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