Yep.  I like it, don't work.  Well...........  For just a bit.

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Greg Ihnen
Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2010 1:17 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] UBNT Nano5M Secondary RJ45 Port PoE Burnout!

Cool idea though

On Sep 26, 2010, at 12:45 AM, Robert West wrote:

> Yep.  Secondary port..............  Bullshit.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 
> On Behalf Of Greg Ihnen
> Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2010 12:36 AM
> To: WISPA General List
> Subject: Re: [WISPA] UBNT Nano5M Secondary RJ45 Port PoE Burnout!
> 
> I had some trouble with an NS5M running 5.2.1 RC2.
> 
> Short version:
> 
> I had some weirdness tonight. I was looking at network traffic with 
> Wireshark and noticed "CDP - Cisco Discovery Protocol" (UBNT calls it 
> "extra
> reporting") traffic coming from one of the NS5M's on my back haul. I 
> had turned that off. I browsed into the unit in question and sure 
> enough enable extra reporting was checked again! I unchecked the "enable
extra reporting"
> box and apply the settings many times and it kept coming back checked. 
> It was a long process to get the settings how I wanted but I finally 
> got everything the way I wanted it, though no matter what I do the 
> "POE passthrough" box remains unchecked even though I checked it and 
> applied the settings many times. It is passing POE so I'm just 
> disregarding the checkbox and hoping it's just a glitch in the UI.
> 
> Long version:
> 
> I took notes through this process for my own reference and to make 
> sure I could tell the story accurately to UBNT.
> 
> (Through the process below I tired various browsers to make sure the 
> problem wasn't due to some fluke in one of the browsers)
> 
> Using Wireshark I noticed extended reporting coming from an NS5M which 
> is running Station WDS (one end of a back haul), firmware is 5.2.1 RC2.
> In NS5M web interface I turned off extended reporting.
> Hit "change" then "test" but after unit rebooted it wasn't showing 
> itself to be in the test mode (and the associated count down to 
> restore settings was not showing) and extended reporting checkbox was back
on.
> Unchecked extended reporting (again) and clicked apply this time 
> instead of test.
> Unit went off line and the BulletM2 (my point of access) on the NS5M's 
> secondary port never came back up. (I was accessing the NS5M through 
> the
> BulletM2 at this point) Had to power cycle NS5M to revive the 
> NS5M/BulletM2 combo.
> Came back up with extra reporting checkbox checked.
> 
> Downgraded to 5.2.
> The combo came back up for a minute, then dropped off line again, then 
> came back up and stayed up. Extra reporting checkbox still checked.
> Decided to try changing another setting. I picked the "lock to AP MAC" 
> and put in the MAC address of the other end of the back haul. Hit 
> test, the unit rebooted and came back with the "log to AP MAC" field
blank.
> 
> Downgraded to 5.0.1, then upgraded back up to 5.2.1
> 
> Connected via ethernet and reset to defaults.
> Start programming the unit. Manually set ack timing. Setting stuck.
> Turned on pass through, after reboot checkbox was unchecked. Tried it 
> again, again the box is unchecked after the unit reboots.
> 
> Restored to defaults again.
> Tried disabling extra reporting and turning off ack timeout auto 
> adjust and turning on POE passthrough all at the same time. None of 
> the settings stuck (according to the web interface but the Bullet M2 
> on the secondary port was up.
> Set the necessary changes on the wireless and network tabs. All 
> settings stuck without a hitch.
> Returned to Advanced and set POE ack timeout auto adjust off and 
> disabled extra reporting off (without changing POE passthrough - it 
> was unchecked but passing through) and those settings stuck. The 
> unit's behavior is as I want it.  I was even able to lock the unit to 
> the AP's MAC address. The only discrepancy is the POE passthrough is 
> unchecked even though it's passing through (as I want it to).
> 
> I'm thinking about TFTP'ing in the 5.2.1 RC2 firmware since it sounds 
> like TFTP'ing the firmware in rewrites/partitions more of the unit's 
> memory than upgrading the firmware via the web interface.
> 
> I'll post this to the UBNT forum tomorrow.
> 
> Greg
> 
> On Sep 25, 2010, at 11:08 PM, Robert West wrote:
> 
>> Nope.  No dice.  Played with it after I took it down.  Did a hard 
>> reset
> then.............  PoE is always on no matter what the checkbox says.
> Before reset, PoE did not work no matter which port power was put into.
>> 
>> Downgraded, upgraded, just can't turn that sucker off.  Maybe I need 
>> to
> show it a picture of my first wife..............!
>> 
>> Bob-
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
>> On Behalf Of Philip Dorr
>> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 9:38 AM
>> To: WISPA General List
>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] UBNT Nano5M Secondary RJ45 Port PoE Burnout!
>> 
>> input power in the "secondary" port and use the "main" port to power 
>> the second radio
>> 
>> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Robert West 
>> <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>> Eh?  What ya mean???
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> On Behalf Of Philip Dorr
>>> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 9:14 PM
>>> To: WISPA General List
>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] UBNT Nano5M Secondary RJ45 Port PoE Burnout!
>>> 
>>> It works perfectly fine if you power through the secondary port.
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 8:05 PM, RickG <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> I was skeptical of the poe passthrough sicne I first saw it and 
>>>> this is
> why.
>>>> On repeaters, it would be so tempting to just run one wire but I've 
>>>> stuck with two. It will be interesting to see if it gets fixed.
>>>> Thanks for sharing!
>>>> 
>>>> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 8:50 PM, Robert West 
>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Today I finally figured out an Issue I've been having with a 
>>>>> NanoStation5M.  I have a customer who wanted service,  was in 
>>>>> trees but had a hot signal out at the road.  Dug a 4 foot hole, 
>>>>> put in 2
>>>>> 10 foot sections of rigid conduit and 5 bags of concrete.  Ran an 
>>>>> underground line of Cat5e, double shielded and flooded cable with 
>>>>> ground wire to his house.  That was 5 months or so ago.  At the 
>>>>> beginning of August, he called me and said his neighbor wanted 
>>>>> service.  Same trees so I took the AirGrid down, put up a Nano5M 
>>>>> and plugged a Nano loco2 into the secondary port and shot it at a 
>>>>> second Nano Loco2 at his place.  Replaced my weird Airgrid
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Worked perfectly, everyone happy.  2 weeks ago I get a call, 
>>>>> neighbor not working.  I go out, no power light on the Nano at the 
>>>>> pole.  I figure, bad crimp...  Take it down, make up a new wire to
> connect the two, fires up.
>>>>> All good.  2 days later, same issue.  I reset it all to defaults, 
>>>>> reconfigure, all okay.  2 days later, same thing.  I downgrade 
>>>>> firmware to 5.2.  Couple of days later, no signal again.  I'll 
>>>>> also add I was getting some "weird"  lag at the AP that this setup 
>>>>> was feeding off of.  So I was fighting two battles.  Then today, I 
>>>>> find that the PoE Pass Through check box is empty.  DUH!  I check 
>>>>> it, apply, comes back empty.  I do it again, same issue.  I go out 
>>>>> and I can connect my laptop through the secondary port but it will 
>>>>> not give
> any voltage.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I checked my lag time issue at the AP.  GONE!
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I then checked in the UBNT forums.....  It's an issue.  After 20 
>>>>> days PoE on the secondary Nano port starts to die.  Replaced it 
>>>>> with another Nano5M, working fine but looks like I'll be coming up 
>>>>> with another MacGyver solution to service this dude....
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Just so ya knows.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Bob-
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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