OK, i just got back down from the tower, took up a spare AF5X with me. When i got to the top the original radio was powered up and RF was linked but data port light not lit. I pushed up on the CAT5 and i could feel the connector move in the socket a little deeper and the link light came on. Pulled it down a little and link light went back out. I then un-mounted the radio from the antenna and repeated this several times and with the pushing/pulling on the connector and it would repeatedly lose link light when i pulled down on connector. Swapped the radio with a brand new one and tried pulling/pushing on connector and this one would not lose the link light. I also could tell this radio's ethernet port felt a little more snug with less movement on the connector. Did UBNT change the ethernet port at some point in production on these radios??? The old radio's MAC is: 04:18:D6:E3:56:76
Also i did have a service loop on the ethernet wire at the top so there was definitely not excessive pull on the RJ45 connector however i did not have a zip tie holding the ethernet tight as it went into the radio. On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 12:51 PM, Mitch Koep <[email protected]> wrote: > LOL did that with the very last pair I ever tried but it was -16 with -36 > wind chill > > That pair flew off the tower, and still have one pair to get rid of > > First pair I could never get to connect second pair got connected to > > a tower 3 miles away to test then it got cold (LOL Minnesota Winter) > > and the Ethernet failed was so mad I threw them off the tower > > and it warmed my heart lol > > Mitch Koep > > 218-851-8689 cell > > > > On 1/2/2018 10:02 AM, Kurt Fankhauser wrote: > >> Has anyone else seen AF5X radios that starting dropping ethernet in cold >> weather? We have been having sub zero temps at night past week and i have 2 >> towers that had an AF5X radio that the ethernet decided to drop out. One >> tower cleared itself up on its own after 2 days, another one just started >> this morning. Looks like i am going to have to climb to replace a radio and >> its freaking -5 degrees out right now..... >> > >
