PoE, Comcast Modems, and Service Outages

Tue Mar 29 22:41:20 UTC 2022

----- On Mar 29, 2022, at 2:46 PM, Joe Greco jgreco at ns.sol.net wrote:

Hi,

> So if you want the $100 test to eliminate PoE electrical effects, get
> a pair of media converters and run fiber between them.  Put the CPE on
> the far end.  Optimize as appropriate if you have SFP-capable switches.

But now the modem will suffer from excessive gas...

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2313629-a-gas-made-from-light-becomes-easier-to-compress-as-you-squash-it/

"Did you hear that?" -"What?" "That's your modem, farting. Time to reboot again!"

Thanks,

Sabri