I wonder if you put something like a cheap Ethernet switch ahead of the router,
if it would just pop the one port, or the whole switch, and whether it would
propagate through the switch and still pop the router port (I have seen that).
If it just pops one port on the switch, you can mark it bad and move to the
next port.
From: Tyler Treat
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 1:28 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: [AFMUG] effective grounding of ePMP on tower 250' from house
Looking for a few cost effective options/ideas here...
My parents have an EPMP link from my favorite local WISP on a 40' Rohn25 around
250' from their house.
Shielded cat5 direct buried between the house and tower.
Have grounded 600SS at tower and at House entrance, but I don't recall if it's
bonded to electrical on the house side or not.
Operationally, it seems to work just fine, but it seems like the ethernet port
gets blown up on their router every couple months, and it's starting to get
pricey.
I'm assuming it's related to variance in ground between the house and tower,
but i'm not sure of the best way to remedy, or whether it is appropriate/cost
effective to bond the tower back to the house ground.
I thought about powering a second epmp off the other port on the other radio
and relaying back to the house, but i have reservations about powering two
radios off of one POE at that distance.
Then there's always solar+fiber i guess as a last resort, but that's a lot of
work/expense for one radio.
Anyone have some suggestions?
Thanks
Tyler
