this was a POE OUT port on the mikrotik connected to the non POE port on the injector? is it an injector with surge suppression?
On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 10:07 AM, Nate Burke <[email protected]> wrote: > I was using a RB951Ui-2HnD and a 750UP on my desk for some testing because > they were laying within reach. I was NOT using the POE Out functionality > of the boards. I was using an external 48V gig POE Injector to bench test > a Ruckus AP. > > On both boards, after using them in the test setup for a few days, the > Interface on the mikrotik that had the LAN side of the external POE > Injector plugged into it now remains 'link ok' even when there is nothing > plugged in, and the Mikrotik thinks the port is in a network loop. The > only thing that looked out of the ordinary was that the Mikrotik POE was > set to 'auto' and was showing state of 'short circuit' I did not realize > this until after the problem started. I'm pretty sure the Mikrotik boards > are fried, as nothing I do will stop them from having the interface up and > in a loop state, but I'm not sure why it happened. Was there something > with the mikrotik set to Auto POE and an external Gig POE adapter that > fried the port? If so, warning to others out there to watch out for this. > -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
