Most folks I am working with that are doing Gig up the tower are using shielded ends and grounding the drain wires. Don’t skimp on cable for Gig. Use the “good stuff”. The Mimosa POEs are good quality and seem to not be a weak link.
Justin --- Justin Wilson <[email protected]> http://www.mtin.net <http://www.mtin.net/> Managed Services – xISP Solutions – Data Centers http://www.thebrotherswisp.com <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> Podcast about xISP topics http://www.midwest-ix.com <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> Peering – Transit – Internet Exchange > On Jul 29, 2015, at 9:05 AM, Shayne Lebrun <[email protected]> wrote: > > Technically, manual settings is out of spec for gig-e, I believe. > > Your problem is likely cable. Gig-E is really sensitive to cable conditions. > > What are your error counts like? Assuming you have mikrotiks on both ends, > what happens if you flood ping each radio from the router it’s in? If one > works, and the other doesn’t, well, that’s the Ethernet cable you need to > fix. If both work great, but router->router is poor, you have an RF issue. > > From: Af [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>] On > Behalf Of TJ Trout > Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 12:30 AM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: [AFMUG] mikrotik + mimosa gig ethernet problems > > any ideas how to get a mimosa to link at full gig on a mikrotik? when I first > installed it was auto/auto and worked fine and 3 weeks later it still says > gig on both devices but won't pass much traffic, I tried setting the mimosa > on manual for 1000fdx and setting the mikrotik on manual 1000fdx but when I > charge the tik I loose connection. I unchecked the advertise 10 and 100 and > 1000hd under the mikrotik auto menu and that fixed it for a little bit but > eventually it happened again. setting to manual 100 works fine. > > I was thinking someone has an idea what to do? > > mimosa suggested to lift the ground (shield) on the cable? > > should manual 1000fdx work? i can't make it link up that way. > > any thoughts? >
