Both times they were dry. I have had water cause ends to go bad on other calls though.
On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 7:37 PM, Mike<[email protected]> wrote: > Curious if you blew any water out of the "low" end of the cat5? I > had a similar thing happen one time. It was atmospheric pumping > caused by pressure changes; at least that was the theory. > > At 06:18 PM 9/5/2009, you wrote: >>Believe me, I tried replacing the end connectors before rerunning the cables. >> >>On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Scott Reed<[email protected]> wrote: >> > Yes, that is possible. >> > Could also be the connectors. IDC (Insulation Displacement Connects) >> > can work loose and/or corrode, especially when subjected to unnatural >> > stress such as lightning. >> > >> > rabbtux rabbtux wrote: >> >> All, >> >> >> >> I have a sub that has had Several failures. The last one is >> understandable, >> >> in that there was a direct lightning strike in their yard >> winthin 75' of CPE >> >> (NS5). Its Ethernet port was bad, yet the radio was fine?? The >> one before >> >> that, the power company worked on the power and said their oops may have >> >> caused problems. It did even though my equipment was plugged into a UPS. >> >> They now have a brand new quality surge protector for the equipment. >> >> >> >> Anyway, the customer calls and says no internet, and that the >> POE box light >> >> is not on. Fine, I instruct customer to remove compatible power from the >> >> router we installed and plug into the injector. She does, and I see pings >> >> from the AP. I go on site to replace power supply later that >> day. I find >> >> No ethernet connectivity thru the injector to the NS5. >> >> >> >> I also find the workstation plugged into router has no ethernet >> connectivity >> >> to the router. I plug my laptop into router and verify that all >> link lites >> >> seem to work on all ports, yet the usb-ethernet adapter I >> installed 2 weeks >> >> ago is not seen by the workstation. yes I tried several usb ports. >> >> >> >> A couple weeks ago, I verified that our outdoor cable was good. Now as I >> >> look for answers, the only suspect is the ethernet cable. It has been in >> >> service 4-5 years, and I noticed a few staples had pulled out and left a 3 >> >> foot loop between the carport and house dangling. My theory is that this >> >> cable has an intermittent short that has fried the power supply, the >> >> ethernet port on the NS5, and the workstation ethernet port >> plugged into the >> >> router?? >> >> >> >> QUESTION: >> >> Have you guys seen stuff like this happen? Because this is a Bus. sub I >> >> will head out there shortly to 'finish up'. I will rip out and >> replace our >> >> cable, the NS5 , and probably the usb-ethernet port we put in. Sure would >> >> be nice to know I've hit the right things. >> >> >> >> your feedback is greatly appreciated! >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Marshall >> >> Rabbit Meadows Technology >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wants You! 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