Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 09:07:26 -0800 From: TechSupp To: J.R. Marshall Subject: RE: ants in omniview switchboxes Thanks for the feedback. This is a new one to us. If you have any problems down the road let us know and we will replace them. I have forwarded this info to the President of Belkin and the Product Managers. Technical Support Manager Belkin Components -----Original Message----- From: J.R. Marshall Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 10:24 AM Subject: ants in omniview switchboxes came back to work from the holiday weekend. noticed a stream of ants going up the cables in the back of a rack in the server room. oddly, this stream of ants was carring larva up the omniview cables, and appeared to be entering the omniview via the dip switch hole, and then exiting withot the larve. I traced the stream out of the building, then traced a smaller stream down a hallway and to another room with another system with an omniview. here as well ants were streaming in from outside with larve, depositing them in the omniview, and exiting. I took both omniviews outside and opened them. hundreds of ants and hundreds of tiny white ant larve were in each omniview, apparently storing and guarding the ants under the bottom circut board. nothing was hurt, so I shook/knocked/blew the ants out, dissasembled the omniview, coated the case with ant spray, let dry, reassembled, reinstalled, everything works fine. it dosen't appear the ants were after food in either case. I think something about the omniview gave them a home they felt compelled to store their larva in. I just can't explain why they would pick those, and how the so effectivley found the only two omniviews on that side of our building. the omniviews involved are both SE 4 port, and are still working fine. -J.R.