[Asterisk-Users] T100P to Verizon Smart Jack Question

[Richard Lyman]

Steven Critchfield wrote:

> On Mon, 2004-10-11 at 14:42 -0400, Jon Bebeau wrote:
> 
>>The problem with the (not-so) Smart Jack is that they fail regularly.  I
>>have had so many problems caused by the Smart Jacks, that I don't use them
>>anymore - just plug into the can.  And, no green Digium light until you load
>>the software.
> 
> 
> I have limited experience, but never have I experienced a failed smart
> jack. Also it depends on where the Telco considers the demarc as to
> whether or not you can remove the smart jack from the path or not. 
> 
> Last deployment I had, I wasn't allowed anywhere near that end of the
> wire. I had a RJ45 dropped where I could plug it into the asterisk
> machine and that was it.
over the years we've only had 1 NIU completely fail.  usually 
what happens (to us anyways), is that one leg will start flapping 
(resetting, and since most NIU's nowdays default to ESF... (we 
use SF) it will sit there and get RLOS (receive loss of signal) 
errors)  red alarm, fine (repeat)