Rb5009 2.5G Port flapping 24/7

I’ve a 1.2 Gbit fiber plan and explicity bought the 5009 to support these needs. The 2.5G port is connected to my fiber modem which also supports 2.5G. Both negotiate at 2.5G but Mikrotik continuesly flaps. Like 5-25 times per day i’m losing my PPPoE connection. Using an 1G port everything is fine.

rb5009 <> Glasfasermodem 2 (Telekom)

I’ve found other threads in here describing similiar problems. Did you guys RMA the device? How do i get support with that. The support / ticket system doesnt seem to be working.

There is a changelog item in 7.21beta2 which may be related:

ethernet - fixed 2.5G-baseT link-partner-advertising on RB5009, hAP ax3, Chateau ax devices;

It is up to you if you want to install testing version of ROS. But you could give it a try. If it does not resolve your issue you can downgrade to stable (7.20) again.

Good idea, thanks for the headsup. Gonna check that out! Although i dont think that will have anything to do with the flapping. The problem is, that rb5009 doesnt show link partners advertised speeds above 1G (so 2.5G isnt shown at all). Dunno if thats related.

What is in the SFP+ port?

And what RouterOS and firmware version are you currently running?

SFP+ port is beeing used as downlink to my CRS310-8G+2S+IN switch via 10G fiber.

Running latest 7.20.

My appologies…the RB5009 (indeed) has an 2.5Gbps ethernet port.

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Very relevant !

It shows like this on my device, maybe you need to add the line with 2.5G ?

And ... make sure you use CAT6a cable at least. Not CAT5E.

Thats the interface on the Mikrotik. The problem with 7.20 currently is that the link partners advertised 2.5G is not shown/correctly recognized when you have a link. For testing purposes i ordered new CAT8.1 cables already.

So far nothing has changed anything. I’ve even gone so far that i reset the device to system defaults and it still flaps continuesly.

Since this is error seems to exist since i got the device, can anyone point me to a contact where i can get in touch with Mikrotik to get a replacement unit?