Who RMAs a $100 board??? On 1/21/09, e...@wisp-router.com <e...@wisp-router.com> wrote: > Consider the volume we sell I will have to disagree. We see no more RMA rate > now then a year or two ago and in fact less then some manufacturers estimate > about 1 to 2% rma rate. > > Consider how they grown and managed to get price down I'm surprised its not > more/higher. > > /Eje > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > > -----Original Message----- > From: Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> > > Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:19:48 > To: WISPA General List<wireless@wispa.org> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Microtik Remote Weirdness > > > Moreover, I suspect the overall quality of Mikrotik hardware is not very > good and it's getting even worse. > >>>To begin with they're not the best by they are far from "not very good" in > my opinion. As far as progression, though, they have majorly improved. The > RB4xx series is BY FAR superior to the RB1xx and RB5xx boards. I think the > 532s were absolute junk, while the 1xx were decent. The 4xx has been > flawless in my area. I have had no DOAs and only one hit by lightning. No > random failures! > > 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 > > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Paolo Di Francesco < > difrance...@teleinform.com> wrote: > >> Hi Forbes, >> >> good news and bad news. Let me start with the good news. >> >> You are not alone! >> >> The bad news is the same of the good news, lately, we are having a lot >> of problems on the ethernet. It looks like the ethernet port has a lower >> speed (like 200Kbps) or that you cannot even log in it. Does it sound >> familiar to you? >> >> On some site, it can be some EM field close to you. That's why when you >> try it in your lab everything works magically. You are out of that EM >> field, and the interference is gone. Even using shielded cable does not >> help, because it could attenuate the effect not fix at 100%. Moreover it >> depends if the shield is grounded to the metallic shell of the box, etc. >> >> Moreover, I suspect the overall quality of Mikrotik hardware is not very >> good and it's getting even worse. >> >> Suggestions: >> >> 1) try shielded cable >> 2) try some ferrule on the shielded cable >> 3) test electrical continuity of the circuit from the cable plug on one >> side to the box (other side) >> 4) change power supply >> 5) if you are using an inject/splitter, change it >> >> Let us know! >> >> Thank you. >> >> >> > 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! 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