Xref: utzoo comp.dcom.lans:6728 comp.dcom.sys.cisco:746 Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!comp.vuw.ac.nz!rata.vuw.ac.nz!newbery From: newbery@rata.vuw.ac.nz (Michael Newbery) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans,comp.dcom.sys.cisco Subject: Re: Help, my FOIRL doesn't work (long) Keywords: cisco, Cabletron Message-ID: <1990Dec11.203731.28077@comp.vuw.ac.nz> Date: 11 Dec 90 20:37:31 GMT References: <1990Dec11.042930.23031@comp.vuw.ac.nz> <1990Dec11.080739.4351@hellgate.utah.edu> Sender: news@comp.vuw.ac.nz (News Admin) Organization: Computing Serv. Ctr, Victoria Uni., Wellington, New Zealand Lines: 29 Nntp-Posting-Host: rata.vuw.ac.nz In article <1990Dec11.080739.4351@hellgate.utah.edu> haas%basset.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Walt Haas) writes: >In article <1990Dec11.042930.23031@comp.vuw.ac.nz> newbery@rata.vuw.ac.nz (Michael Newbery) writes: >>I have a short (150m or so) length of 62.5u fibre with a cisco AGS and a >>Cabletron FOT-1 (F.O. transceiver using FOIRL standard, SMA connectors) on >>one end and a Cabletron FR3000 repeater (Fibre optic SMA & AUI repeater) >>on the other. >>It doesn't work. [sad story deleted] > >We use this setup a lot, it works fine for us. Make sure that the SQE on It works fine for us too on the other 20 or so segments. >the fiber transceivers is turned off. Use the lower power level. Build Yes. Yes (tried both). >a dummy network at the repeater end to make sure you aren't seeing a >problem from the remote Ethernet passing through the fiber link. Beg, borrow Same symptoms regardless of whether remote thinwire connected or not. >or steal an OTDR long enough to make sure that the whole fiber path works >correctly, you could have a bad ST barrel. Make sure there are no grouding We tried swapping barrels & rotating though our stock of barrels---no change. >problems at the remote end. Thanks, I'll try this one (and I thought I'd managed to put earthing problems behind me when we went to fibre :-|) >-- Walt Thanks for the response. -- Michael Newbery She learnt to stab her food with a silver fork. "Pavanne", Richard Thompson.