Someone just recently posted on List in another thread, made a recommendation for the following POE/CAT5 extendor product....
http://www.veracityglobal.com/media/1181/outreach%20max%20datasheet%201_0.pdf In theory, it looks really really cool, to help solve getting APs up to 400-500ft and still support 100mb ethernet. I was thinking about trying them for a deployment, to cost effectively build out an existing tower. My concern is whether they can hold up for Outdoor tower deployments. Can they survey the more harsh exposure that a Tower creates. (such as grounding issues, Electric buildup in air during lightning storms, connectors that dont oxidize and erode over time, etc. I also dont like devices that are shaped like..... cat5_______I----------I ____ Cat5 I________I BECAUSE its harder to keep the water and gel from dripping into connectors. (I know, dont use gel cable for the upper verticle cable run). I prefer layout shapes like I-----------I I_________I l l CAt5A CAt5B BECAUSE BOTH connectors can be on the bottom with drip loops before comming up into the device's jacks. Anyway... My point is.... If I use these, am I likely going to have to climb the tower evey 6 months to replacethem when they fail, or have others had luck with them lasting long and reliably up on a tower? I recognize that these are not waterproof spec'd, so they would need to be inside a third party enclosure. I was thinking I'd have one enclosure that I housed 3 or 4 of these Outreachmax units. I was also thinking, that I'd have the TOP cable run near the full 300ft, so that the OutreachMax units were as close to the ground as they could be, to shorten the tower climb, if they had to be replaced. I'm not really asking about various ethernet extension products, as that was covered by the other thread, Im more asking specifically about how the OutrachMax product specifically works. Well or not. On their website, it was positioned more as an indoor POE product. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband ----- Original Message ----- From: "Butch Evans" <but...@butchevans.com> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 4:04 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] RB1100 > On Tue, 2010-08-10 at 14:45 -0400, Josh Luthman wrote: >> That looks to be the same exact thing as Dennis' Power Router 732. > > It is, but better pricing and you have Titan support (which is TOP > NOTCH). Not suggesting Dennis isn't (no personal experience there), but > Titan is a great company to work with. > > -- > ******************************************************************** > * Butch Evans * Professional Network Consultation* > * http://www.butchevans.com/ * Network Engineering * > * http://store.wispgear.net/ * Wired or Wireless Networks * > * http://blog.butchevans.com/ * ImageStream, Mikrotik and MORE! * > ******************************************************************** > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
