Me too.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Blaine Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: [smartBridges] POE flakey???
> Confirmed. I have had this issue since the first one I bought.
>
> --Blaine
>
>
> At 10:45 AM 7/10/2003, you wrote:
> >sB...this may be something for you to look at closely.
> >
> >I was troubleshooting a clients bad airBridge unit last night and noticed
> >something flakey about the POE unit.
> >
> >Hope I can describe it...
> >
> >If you follow the wall plug wire up to the point where you can
> >connect/disconnect it from the POE unit there is a chrome plug. Out of
> >the box, this is initially unplugged.
> >
> >While you are looking at your connected/associated sB product...hold that
> >chrome power plug in both hands (one on the power plug side and one on
the
> >POE side) and twist it 360 degrees around axis. You will notice that the
> >power goes on and off. I did very small tweaks (rotating the chrome plug
> >around axis) until I actually found a spot that would cause the sB unit
to
> >go (and stay) offline (noticed the Ethernet 10 Meg connection go offline
> >"Cable Unplugged"). I then tweaked it a bit away from that position and
> >it would go back online ("10 Meg Cable connected").
> >
> >I was logged into the sB product (in my case airBridge), and when I would
> >twist this connector, it would lose association (obviously...due to loss
> >of power) and then twist it back and it would reassociate.
> >
> >I tried this with several POE units and power cables. All with the same
> >results. Given some more time, I will have to check the POE power pins
> >and see if there are "sweet spots" on this chrome plug that allow the
full
> >12 volts to pass. Or vice versa.
> >
> >Can someone else confirm my findings please??
> >
> >Sully
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