Can MT team confirm that new 711 have metal ethernet port?
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We are slowly transitioning to the new part, so you will not see this immediately in all new shipments.Horray! Too bad last shipment of ours doesn't contain revised boards
Good to hear from you!!! Thanks !!!We are slowly transitioning to the new part, so you will not see this immediately in all new shipments.Horray! Too bad last shipment of ours doesn't contain revised boards
Also notice that the port is no longer upside down - easier to unplug
What about shields? Next there is the problem?
Ground plane has always been connected to the ethernet port, including on the plastic connectors of the RB711 previous revision and RB411L etc. The grounding pins are inside the connector, and they connect to PCB ground: http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Grounding ... RD_devicesDoes the ground plane of the new board revision now connect to the ethernet shield, like it did on the RB1xx,3xx,4xx,5xx,6xx,8xx series boards?
That's what I thought...if you look inside the plastic connector, you can clearly see the metal grounding tabs at the base of it. So I never understood the complaints about the plastic connector.Ground plane has always been connected to the ethernet port, including on the plastic connectors of the RB711 previous revision and RB411L etc. [...] So all ethernet ports can be connected to shielded cables - both metal or plastic.
Thank You. It's very good news! We hope that You will change all plastic ports on new boards to metal one.Yes, we listened to your suggestions, and improved the connector in new revisions.
I am assuming you are talking about small metal ground clips on the inside of the plastic connector. If so, then yes that is where we checked continuity from, but it was hard to take a picture. The clips on the inside are part of the metal that is soldered to the PCB (where I am checking from in the picutre), and continuity is good from the solder to the clips on the inside so it doesn't matter. We also checked the RB711 from the ethernet ground to the metal radio shield and we also get no continuity.I believe that plastic sockets was inpopular not because of the grounding issues, but for their poor mechanical strength. These metalic sockets are almost indestructable compared to those plastic ones. At least I haven't had any problems with them compared to plastic.
Did you try to check continuity between inner ground pin of the rj45 and screw hole?
THANKSYes, we listened to your suggestions, and improved the connector in new revisions.