I really really really really really want every radio to do SFP and DC.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 10:08 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < [email protected]> wrote: > What I keep hearing from customers is that they want to run a multistrand > cable up the tower and have an all in one box at the top which they > terminate the cable into, hook up power to it, and then run short jumpers > to their radios. I've heard this from enough different customers that it > seems like a common desire. > > They all seem to want the box to do media conversion and power injection > and sync, with remote control and not much more. When quizzed about just > doing a switch and an injector up top, they all expressed how this was > unacceptable. > > At this point I'm looking at feasability. I'm not sure if this will ever > see the light of day, a lot depends on the amount of R&D required. > > On Mar 31, 2017 7:07 AM, "Paul McCall" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forrest, >> >> >> >> For what it is worth, when we went Fiber (MST) up the tower, we run UBNT >> S16s up there which is simple and working well, and GPS pucks on the ePMP, >> or Syncbox 12 (or Junior) for devices that need sync. We have a handful of >> 450s, 25 320s, and a dozen or so 900s where we use the SyncBox. >> >> >> >> Been very pleased so far with the reliability of the S16 POE. We VLAN >> APs in one group and BH’s each on their own VLAN, and bring it down the >> fiber. If we have other devices with fiber, we bring them down on their >> own fiber (off the same MST). Of course there is core router with fiber >> inputs only being used (with the exception of the sitemonitor which I may >> have to buy a media converter for just to isolate the electrical connection >> into the router. >> >> >> >> So, as far as anything up top, I would think it would have to be some >> form of switch, or it would be quite kludgy. >> >> >> >> Paul >> >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Forrest >> Christian (List Account) >> *Sent:* Thursday, March 30, 2017 8:26 PM >> *To:* af <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Gigabit ethernet converters? >> >> >> >> I've torn a couple apart that use a fairly easy to use chipset. But only >> available in commercial temperature range. >> >> >> >> Some of the battle here is figuring out the vendors who do this type of >> stuff. I want to avoid switches since I want this as transparent as >> possible, but I might end up having to go there. I have another secret >> weapon in my arsenal but I'm hoping I don't have to go there since that's >> more software and software takes time. >> >> >> >> On Mar 30, 2017 2:21 PM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I looked at doing media converters last year. Not trivial. >> >> >> >> *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) >> >> *Sent:* Thursday, March 30, 2017 2:07 PM >> >> *To:* af >> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Gigabit ethernet converters? >> >> >> >> Yeah, maybe I should be clearer what I'm looking at. >> >> >> >> I'm looking at various options to build a tower-top box to simplify the >> fiber up the tower with syncronized radios at the top.. Think a multiport >> ubiquiti fiberpoe with sync over power and a gps receiver built in, along >> with tower-top management. >> >> >> >> I don't want to include a switch up top - most people want as little as >> possible up there, and I'd rather keep the whole thing as simple as >> possible - I'd rather just use a copper-to-sfp chipset, but I haven't found >> any which I feel comfortable integrating. So I need to tear some more of >> the units apart to figure out what chipsets are available. >> >> >> >> -forrest >> >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 8:12 AM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> RB260. >> >> Haven't had one fail due to cold yet that I know of. That's a switch, so >> maybe it's more complicated than you're going for. >> >> >> >> >> >> ------ Original Message ------ >> >> From: "Forrest Christian (List Account)" <[email protected]> >> >> To: "af" <[email protected]> >> >> Sent: 3/30/2017 1:45:52 AM >> >> Subject: [AFMUG] Gigabit ethernet converters? >> >> >> >> I want to buy another selection of gigabit copper to sfp converters for >> reverse engineering purposes. Ideally some which are known to work well >> and especially any which don't fail in non climate controlled environments. >> >> >> >> What is everyone using? >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> *Forrest Christian* *CEO, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.* >> >> Tel: 406-449-3345 <(406)%20449-3345> | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, >> Helena, MT 59602 >> >> [email protected] | http://www.packetflux.com >> >> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/fwchristian> >> <http://facebook.com/packetflux> <http://twitter.com/@packetflux> >> >>
