Do the distributors have the gas tube version, or are both versions available currently?
On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 10:57 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Yep. This is the interesting thing. Lots of Gig radios use my solid > state hybrid surge suppressors and have done so for years without > problems. > > It has only been in the last year or two the people have started > complaining about flapping/CRC/Frame Check errors that are related to the > surge suppressor. > > It is only with certain radios. ePMP, some AF11X and apparently MT and > Mimosa. But the very first application for this product was my own AF11X > radios and they ran fine for many years. > > Not sure if the radio vendors are using more sensitive phy circuits or > what. But that is why I developed the CAT6 series of products. It is a > bit slower than the solid state hybrid circuits but it is very robust and > does not cause the data errors. I was able to get the cost down to about > the same price. Finding a good source of the gas discharge tubes that were > not horribly expensive took some time. > > *From:* Jason McKemie > *Sent:* Thursday, June 14, 2018 9:50 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [AFMUG] Mikrotik / Mimosa Ethernet Errors > > Just attempting to continue this thread. > > It was definitely the surge suppressor. I took the one out of in-line at > the bottom and errors went away. I had tried to put one up top, but > couldn't get the A5 to even power up with it inline, so there isn't one > present up there anyhow. > > Now, how do I determine which version I'm getting? I have a few of the > earlier versions sitting around that it appears are not going to work well > for this application. Strangely, I have a Ceragon running gigabit through > the same version with no problems at all. > > -Jason > > On Sat, Jun 9, 2018 at 6:55 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Surge suppressors can certainly cause this. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On Jun 9, 2018, at 2:58 PM, George Skorup <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > What suppressors? >> > >> >> On 6/9/2018 3:23 PM, Jason McKemie wrote: >> >> I have a A5C that is giving me grief. I'm getting hundreds of Rx FCS >> errors on the Mikrotik when I'm running gigabit, if I force it to 100 fdx, >> the Rx FCS errors stop, but Rx Code errors start incrementing instead. >> I've always gotten some amount of Rx FCS errors from Mimosa A5/A5C units, >> but not nearly this many. It's starting to have an effect on service on >> the sector. >> >> >> >> Any ideas what I should look at? Some people were claiming that >> putting something like a Netonix in between the Mimosa and the Mikrotik >> solved their issues, but I'm wondering if the surge suppressors are >> creating an issue as well. >> >> >> >> -Jason >> > >> > > > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > >
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