Re: Temp range for wndr3700

[Jim Gettys <gettysjim@gmail.com>]

Remember: you were near the ocean in high humidity in Nicaragua; failing due to warm, humid salt air is always a headache....  Temperature by itself is far from the whole story.

Maybe sminthbone can throw a few in olpc's environmental chamber as a quick test....
         Jim



On Aug 26, 2011, at 3:11 PM, Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com> wrote:

> The nanostation M5 radios were rated to 70C, and use almost the same
> chipset as in the WNDR3700.
> 
> That said, most consumer gear (e.g the wndr3700s) I've played with
> rarely survives for very long at temps higher than 40C, and I have a
> long string of failed gear from other manufacturers in Nicaragua to
> prove that, where the ambient temp is often well above 36C.
> 
> The nanostations were the only thing that survived for a long time in
> that environment - (well, they got taken out by rain and lightning)
> 
> I will gladly try to come up with some way to bake the wndrs...
> 
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Rick <graham.rick@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I couldn't say anything regarding 50C, but in a warm room, the heat
>> mine generates is barely noticeable.
>> 
>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Richard Smith <richard@laptop.org> wrote:
>>> Resend via the account I'm actually subscribed from...
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Richard Smith <smithbone@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> This is more of a hardware question but the hardware specifications
>>>> for the router don't tell me whats actually known to work.
>>>> 
>>>> What temperature range has the wndr3700 been used in while
>>>> testing/operating cerowrt or openwrt?  Has anyone tried to use one
>>>> fully loaded at say 50C ambient.
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Richard A. Smith
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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