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<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I was looking around for some info</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">on VG-224 ports, and found this archived thread on Gossamer from 2008..</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A href="http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/cisco/nsp/96100">http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/cisco/nsp/96100</A></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I have a bit of info to offer on this one - although it doesn't help my problems.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">An old tip-and-ring PBX tech told me that in his experience, you can often get this behaviour from devices (ports, station extensions, etc in his world) when the line length is too long, and the impedance is very out of range.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">He says that can make ports behave badly and do this kind of thing, or blow outright from trying to match the impedance of the line.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">There are devices that can present the needed 600 ohm impedance to the VG-224 and stabilize this -</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Unfortunately, I am not enough of a line tech to know whether I'm seeing the right thing or not - maybe someone else knows of such a product by the correct part number from some manufacturer..</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">This makes for some interesting reading --</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A href="http://www.sandman.com/loop.html">http://www.sandman.com/loop.html</A></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">although it's pretty simple and sales oriented..</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I have a VG-224 with some blown ports, but I can't find anything on VG-224 port repair, other than sending it to Cisco..</SPAN></DIV>
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