The port on the mikrotik could be damages as well. It may work fine when the cable length is 5 feet but not when the cable is longer.
David Blood > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Josh Luthman > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 5:14 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Microtik Remote Weirdness > > MikroTik :) > > So the only change you made between the hut and up on the tower is > changing what the other end of the poe was and the line up the tower. > This means your switch, poe, or the lines have gone bad. > > I'd replace the poe and patch cable first (and the switch if that is > what it is in). If the problem still exists the only likely > possibility is the line up the tower. > > On 1/20/09, Forbes Mercy <[email protected]> wrote: > > We have a tower with a single radio operating on it. We were using a > > Microtik 133 board with a single Prizim chipset in it. One day it > > stopped responding to requests through the network using Winbox. No > > customers were down so we assumed it was running bandwidth (too much > > snow to travel up there). One night about 7 PM we started getting > tower > > down calls, of course we hadn't been able to ping or get into it for > > weeks so we had no idea. > > > > Took a back-up 433AH board up and used the same radio card, worked > like > > a charm for both our access and customer throughput. We didn't want > to > > waste a three port/LAN board so ordered a 433a single port board. > Once > > it arrived we logged into it by MAC in the office with no problem, > > programmed it and sent it up to the tower. Once on the tower > customers > > associated just fine but once again we couldn't access the management > > side. We saw the MAC and the identity for it but we couldn't ping > that > > IP (yes, the 433AH radio was unplugged) and trying to load by MAC > would > > start the RouterOS download but at various places it would crash. > > > > Moved the 433A down to the hut and a laptop easily logged into it, > even > > when plugged into the switch, but we still couldn't log into it from > > remote, although the laptop on scene was going through the same > switch > > and by MAC just like we were trying, sigh. OK we put the 433AH back > in > > service and again everything worked great. I'm stumped, we isolated > the > > switch, Cat 5, and IP Address but those two single cards won't allow > us > > to log in over using Winbox either by IP or by MAC while it allows it > > locally. *banging head against the wall. Any ideas? > > > > Forbes > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > > > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > -- > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. > --- Henry Spencer > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
