Re: [AFMUG] AF5X cold weather ethernet problems

You're right Adair. Still hasn't changed. The official UBNT answer is to zip tie the cable just below the jack super tight (it will need to be a smaller zip tie). You can use dielectric grease, too. What I do is a 180* bend and zip tie it solid. It's worked for 12 months including these -10*

Re: [AFMUG] AF5X cold weather ethernet problems

I never heard anything official, but I suspect they did change the jacks on the newer radios. https://community.ubnt.com/t5/airFiber/AF5X-Ethernet-Problems/m-p/1823795/highlight/true#M34182 On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 12:09 PM, Adair Winter wrote: > Yep, that's the

Re: [AFMUG] AF5X cold weather ethernet problems

I never heard anything official, but I suspect they did change the jacks on the newer radios. https://community.ubnt.com/t5/airFiber/AF5X-Ethernet-Problems/m-p/1823795/highlight/true#M34182 On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 12:09 PM, Adair Winter wrote: > Yep, that's the

Re: [AFMUG] AF5X cold weather ethernet problems

Yep, that's the common problem. to my knowledge UBNT has not changed the jack on the radio. On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 12:04 PM, Kurt Fankhauser wrote: > 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

Re: [AFMUG] AF5X cold weather ethernet problems

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

Re: [AFMUG] AF5X cold weather ethernet problems

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)

Re: [AFMUG] AF5X cold weather ethernet problems

a > bigger deal if the port is "finicky" as some people are saying. > > So yeah, everything everyone said already. Slack loop, secure cable, etc. > > > -- Original Message -- > From: "Mathew Howard" <mhoward...@gmail.com> > To: "af" <af

Re: [AFMUG] AF5X cold weather ethernet problems

everything everyone said already. Slack loop, secure cable, etc. -- Original Message -- From: "Mathew Howard" <mhoward...@gmail.com> To: "af" <af@afmug.com> Sent: 1/2/2018 11:20:21 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] AF5X cold weather ethernet problems Yeah, you m

Re: [AFMUG] AF5X cold weather ethernet problems

We had some that did not like cheap shielded connectors. After awhile they would fail, and then we replaced them with a better quality of shielded RJ45s. Haven't bothered us since. On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 9:20 AM, Mathew Howard wrote: > Yeah, you most likely don't need to

Re: [AFMUG] AF5X cold weather ethernet problems

Yeah, you most likely don't need to replace the radio. I think the recommended fix is to put a zip tie around the cable, just inside the cover on the radio (so it keeps up pressure on the cable directly into the ethernet port) - that has worked out very well for me. On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 10:05

Re: [AFMUG] AF5X cold weather ethernet problems

It's probably the temperature playing with the metal connectors changing the shape enough to go down. There is a known problem with the ethernet connectors on AF5x being finicky. Make sure all your cables have "UP" pressure so gravity or other forces don't pull the cable or wiggle in the ethernet

Re: [AFMUG] AF5X cold weather ethernet problems

The AF5X have finicky ethernet problems. more then likely the cold problem has to do with the cable moving or shrinking. ensureing the cable is secure and tight is the best bet. We coil the cable up and attache it to the back of the radio On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 10:02 AM, Kurt Fankhauser

Re: [AFMUG] AF5X cold weather ethernet problems

Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2018 10:02 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] AF5X cold weather ethernet problems 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

[AFMUG] AF5X cold weather ethernet problems

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