[Soekris] What voltage can a 4501 take?

[Andy Holyer]

On 1 Oct 2004, at 01:09, Cain Hopwood wrote:

> Andy,
>
> I had a very similar issue with one of my installations with a 4521. I 
> was
> using a 500ma plugpack  running at 12 volts, which worked fine on the 
> bench.
>
>
> But running it over 20 odd metres of CAT5 caused a couple of volts 
> drop,
> which was within limits, but it meant that the 4521 had to draw more
> current, which pushed it beyond the plugpack's limits.
>
> A 2A PSU solved my problems.
>
> The funny thing is that it would run for 3 or 4 hours and then 
> suddenly drop
> out.
>
That's what the customer is reporting - once every few hours the 
ethernet drops out as the box reboots. I've got a 24v PSU sitting here 
on my desk which should fix matters.
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Andy Holyer, Systems Administrator
Hedgehog Broadband, 11 Marlborough Place Brighton BN1 1UB
08451 260895 x 241