Yeah, it's really not that often with my stuff, they have been rather obedient as far as CPE goes.
I remember Motorola and UBNT radio CPE's have a much higher failure rate early onset, or after some time in the field. I think I'm at less than 3 percent failure, and that's including ones that got completely rain or sprinkler soaked because the lid was left open. I've got a blend of SFP's in the field and a lot mismatched end for end too. So Mikrotik, Fiberstore and complete China generic at 20km, 10km and 3km distance lengths. Some are non temp rated, some are extra temp rated. Now I buy mostly 3km generic temp rated DDM lasers for about $10 each. Seem to work well, and if I suspect something not right I just trash it. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 12:55 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Riddle me this (fiber error) I've some weird-ass issues with RB260GS. Many of them were issues with different SFPs. Things coming and going. Switched to some generic SFPs, and they all started working. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 5/13/2016 11:46 AM, Sterling Jacobson wrote: Those are good suggestions. I have a battery I can power it with. The CPE/ONT is a RB260GS in this case. -----Original Message----- From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of KevinR Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 12:37 PM To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Riddle me this (fiber error) Power at the CPE side? What is the CPE and how are you powering it? Have you tried powering it from a completely different source/outlet? I know this is fiber but I have seen UBNT power supplies do weird packet loss when plugged into an inverter. I have also seen weird electronic issues when a device was plugged into an outlet where the circuit was shared with other electronics. Or an outlet that was shared with a motor or air compressor and every time the motor kicked in it caused problems. On May 13, 2016, at 12:46 PM, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net><mailto:sterl...@avative.net> wrote: Never seen this before, and my fiber crews are telling me it's impossible. But I get intermittent FCS and Internal MAC errors on a fiber line to a house when things get hotter during the day. Then at afternoon and all through the night it's fine. It's a gradual fade into suckyness with ping loss going from 1,2 -3 percent then almost total ping loss, then fading back from that to no loss again. The fiber crew has OTDR shot the line twice, including during the bad fade times and see nothing wrong loss or light wise. But I've replaced the electrical components and patch cable three times. I've taken the equipment from the side of the house and plugged it into the cabinet and no loss. I can't help but feel like there is something wrong with the fiber line, but I've never seen it do anything like this. There is construction nearby, but this line is in a conduit and should have been effected by that. And what would cause this kind of fade in/out anyway? Again, the fiber team says it's fine and swear nothing like this could ever happen with fiber ever. Any ideas? Anyone seen this?
