Yes, ONLY Shielded Twisted Pair !!! -Ivan
-----Original Message----- From: "John Speakman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 17:51:17 +0100 Subject: RE: [smartBridges] ethernet port dieing? > > We always use Shielded Twisted Pair (STP) cable between the PoE and the APPO > and have never seen this problem. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bobby Bounds > Sent: 12 June 2003 17:30 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] ethernet port dieing? > > > We had Qty. 6 units die in the last month for the same reason...the > Ethernet side of the units died. This nearly wiped us out as we weren't > expecting such a thing to happen. I'm guessing here...the units cannot > withstand even small amounts of transient current on the ethernet side. On > outdoor units there is typically a long run of Ethernet exposed to the open > air allowing for the opportunity for stray current to induce in the wire. > Also, not only did our radios blow on several units the hub/router on the > other end blew as well. We are in Albuquerque, NM so we have thunderstorm > events, however none of our sites were 'hit' by lightning.it was the > transient energy in the surrounding atmosphere that did it, we think. On two > units the A/C to DC transformers blew as well. We lost APPO's in our > infrastructure so it has taken several weeks to get things back to working > correctly. > > > > Bobby Bounds > > Airwave Internet, LLC > > Albuquerque, NM > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of beckman > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 10:27 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [smartBridges] ethernet port dieing? > > > > we have had 3 units die from Ethernet port failure. Is this common? all > units were installed according to spec, and a APC Ethernet surge protector > added for extra protection. Antennas were all plastic but we put a ground > wire on the connector housing. (grounded antennas are code around here) > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://198.63.203.6
