The one case where we had a customer with the problem try things, they removed 
the protection from pin 7 and it started behaving itself for a while, but the 
problem came back.  

No, everything we make is HV now.  We stopped making HV quite some time ago.  
So if it is clamping spikes on pin 7 it has to be in the 80 volt range.  Might 
have come interaction with cable induction.

Yes, by all means I will test with anything anyone sends me.  
And I can up the voltages.  

From: George Skorup 
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2016 7:10 PM
To: [email protected] 
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Gigabit Ethernet on Cambium 450i only running 100Mbps

So, what do you think? Based on my test, it's definitely the sync pulse 
disrupting the GigE data, at least on the 7/8 pair I'm guessing.

Is it possible that we have HV marked modules that are in fact not HV? I assume 
you have two different assembly lines for regular and HV? Or do you just do 
batches of one or the other? Either one would probably rule that out.

It would really suck to have to pull out the SS's to get GigE on the 450 when 
we finally get 30MHz channel support. No surge suppression at all scares me. 
20MHz channel width really doesn't need gigabit which is why I've never 
bothered with it.

Maybe Forrest would be willing to send you one of his new PowerInjector+Sync 
modules and a SyncPipe for debugging?

And with the 450i taking power on all four pairs, I could see the sync pulse 
causing the SS to clamp on the 10/100 data pairs, too. Meaning 100Mbps won't 
work either. Just speculation, but it seems logical.

What else could you do other than let say 90 volts though instead of, what is 
it on the HV now, 65 or 70 volts? Or maybe some slightly slower reacting 
diodes? But I guess either case opens up the potential (pardon the pun) for 
damage.


On 9/9/2016 7:16 PM, Chuck McCown wrote:

  You are correct, the POE version adds the transformer.  

  From: George Skorup 
  Sent: Friday, September 09, 2016 5:51 PM
  To: [email protected] 
  Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Gigabit Ethernet on Cambium 450i only running 100Mbps

  Uh oh. I figured it out. It was as I suspected. The SS is clamping due to the 
sync pulse. Maybe the change that Forrest made with the Rev i0 
SyncInjectors/PowerInjector+Sync because of the 450i's finicky handling of the 
pulse over long runs? I have no idea. So much for GigE + sync over power I 
guess. I don't have any Rev i0 Gigabit SyncInjectors to test with, but I assume 
I'd get the same result.

  I set the AP back to negotiate GigE. Turned off the sync on the injector port 
feeding that radio. Rebooted the AP. Link stays up at gigabit with no problems. 
Then I turned the sync pulse back on and the link dropped almost instantly.

  18:33:42 interface,info ether6 link down 
  18:33:49 interface,info ether6 link up (speed 1G, full duplex) 
  18:33:53 interface,info ether6 link down 
  18:33:55 interface,info ether6 link up (speed 1G, full duplex) 

  .... sync pulse back on

  18:35:31 interface,info ether6 link down 
  18:35:34 interface,info ether6 link up (speed 1G, full duplex) 
  18:35:35 interface,info ether6 link down 
  18:35:42 interface,info ether6 link up (speed 1G, full duplex) 
  18:35:43 interface,info ether6 link down 
  18:35:46 interface,info ether6 link up (speed 1G, full duplex) 
  18:35:47 interface,info ether6 link down 
  18:35:52 interface,info ether6 link up (speed 100M, full duplex)

  The GigE-APC's I have at this site are definitely HV's. That's all I have 
ever ordered. They are all marked HV in sharpie on the handle. I'm feeding that 
cluster with regulated 24VDC from a RSD150C-24.


  On 9/9/2016 6:34 PM, George Skorup wrote:

    Uh.. hmm. I have a 5.7 450 sector running at a tower without any customers 
on it yet. It's powered and timed from a new GigE PowerInjector+Sync. 
GigE-APC-HV at the bottom. No SS on top. ~225 feet of Shireen 1042 cable.

    I just logged into it and set it to Auto 1000F/100F/etc. and rebooted. Does 
the same shit.

    18:14:07 interface,info ether6 link down 
    18:14:20 interface,info ether6 link up (speed 1G, full duplex) 
    18:14:21 interface,info ether6 link down 
    18:14:26 interface,info ether6 link up (speed 1G, full duplex) 
    18:14:27 interface,info ether6 link down 
    18:14:30 interface,info ether6 link up (speed 1G, full duplex) 
    18:14:31 interface,info ether6 link down 
    18:14:40 interface,info ether6 link up (speed 100M, full duplex)

    I also just set it back to Auto 100F (disabling gigabit negotiation) and it 
does this...

    18:21:34 interface,info ether6 link down 
    18:21:47 interface,info ether6 link up (speed 1G, full duplex) 
    18:21:48 interface,info ether6 link down 
    18:21:52 interface,info ether6 link up (speed 100M, full duplex)

    So, looks like the boot loader brings it up at 1Gbps, then the config makes 
it fall back to 100Mbps.

    This is also the first time that I tried messing with GigE on the 450 since 
updating from 13.2.1 to 14.1.2.

    This is a regular old RB1100. I have an Exalt ExtendAir G2-11 and an AF24 
each running on a GigE-POE-APC and gigabit works fine. Chuck would have to say 
for sure, but I don't think there's much electrical difference between the 
GigE-APC-HV and the GigE-POE-APC. Besides maybe the gas-tube backup suppression 
and GigE transformer.

    Me thinks this has more to do with Cambium.


    On 9/9/2016 6:10 PM, George Skorup wrote:

      I upgraded two CRS125-24G-1S-RM's to 6.36.3 (current branch). Both brand 
new out of the boxes. Upgraded boot firmware to 3.33 on both. Reset both to 
defaults. Ether24 to ether24 linked up at 1Gbps FDX. Ran MT bandwidth tests 
between them. No issues.

      Then I put a GigE-APC-HV in between with a 50' patch cable on one side 
and a 10' on the other side. Tried with and without the ground attached. Ran 
more bandwidth tests. No link drops. No errors.

      So... I have no idea why you're having problems. The ones I have are 
definitely HV Rev A1's.


      On 9/9/2016 2:24 PM, Matt wrote:

I have a couple CRS125's on my bench that I can mess with this afternoon if
I have time.
Do you have a GigEAPC-HV?  My setup was CRS125 -<~50 foot
UTP>-<GigEAPC-HV>-<20 foot UTP>- CRS125





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