Well, that was one of the Trango advantages. It has some Lightning/Surge protection circuitry built-in to the radio's mainboard. It also bonds the Ethernet jack shield directly to the metal case.
To replicate that with OEM systems, you really need a third party Surge Arrestor inside your radio enclosure, that you can bond properly. Citel has an OEM circuit board version of its Outdoor mountable 802.11af model. I think it was only like $15 or so. The mentality for ext surge arrestors is usuallyto put it at the bottom of the tower, because if it blew, it would be easilly replacable. That was fine to protect indoor equipment, and that was fine to prevent AC/DC electric surges from getting up to the radio. But for lightning hits that doesn't really protect the tower radio gear. Ideally an immediate bond to ground is preferred, without any outside cables between the radio and the protector, that could absorb current from the adjacent air that could be in electric field path of hit.. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband ----- Original Message ----- From: "RickG" <rgunder...@gmail.com> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 7:28 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] URGENT need contact for Mikrotik Parts nearsouthwestOhio What I want to know is what Trango & some others do to "harden" their ethernet ports? I had a set of 5800's that took dozens lightning hits over a period of several years and keep on going. Alternatively, my other equipment doesnt fare so well. It's all set up the same way - ground, lighting protector, etc. -RickG On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Tom DeReggi<wirelessn...@rapiddsl.net> wrote: > What I'm amazed about is how many good stocking distributors there are now > of Mikrotik and OEM Wifi Parts. > It used to be hard to find someone to buy from. > Now, Its REALLY HARD to choose between who to buy from. They are ALL > becoming vendors that WISPs (or atleast I) want to show their support to. > Well stocked inventories, Quick ship favors, etc. > Titan Wireless, Streakwave, Roc-Noc, they've all bailed me out on pinch, > at > some time this year. And of course there are many other good vendors to, > that I didn't list. > I just think its a beautiful thing. > > Tom DeReggi > RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc > IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert West" <robert.w...@just-micro.com> > To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org>; "'Motorola Canopy User > Group'" <motor...@wispa.org>; "'Mikrotik discussions'" > <mikro...@mail.butchevans.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 3:42 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] URGENT need contact for Mikrotik Parts near > southwestOhio > > >> Streakwave now has a distribution center in Cincinnati. They stock >> everything Streakwave sells. I have no afterhours numbers for them but if >> someone has a private number for ANYONE at Streakwave they can probably >> find >> someone over there to help you. The sales people from RF-Linx >> Moved over to the Streakwave Dist. Center so if anyone has any of the >> salespeople from RF-Linx, that may get you in the door as well. >> >> >> Sounds like you got hit with the same storm that come through here in >> South >> Central Ohio........ >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >> Behalf Of Josh Luthman >> Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 3:01 PM >> To: Motorola Canopy User Group; WISPA General List; Mikrotik discussions >> Subject: [WISPA] URGENT need contact for Mikrotik Parts near southwest >> Ohio >> >> So I wake up with thunder shaking the house and 3 minutes later, text >> messages start blowing up my phone. I lost two out of three AN50 ODUs >> and 3 of 3 433ah boards. Two Trango 5800 APs survive (though one >> needed a new poe). The 493 concentrator/switch lost some ports, too. >> >> If anyone has mobile numbers for anyone at Roc Noc or Quicklink >> Wireless I would greatly appreciate you providing me (offlist) with >> getting a hold of them. >> >> I'm about 2 hours from Quicklink and 6 hous from Roc Noc. >> >> If anyone knows of a MikroTik vendor near south west Ohio besides >> these two I would appreciate knowing about them, too, and would love >> to get a hold of them this weekend. >> >> Josh Luthman >> Office: 937-552-2340 >> Direct: 937-552-2343 >> 1100 Wayne St >> Suite 1337 >> Troy, OH 45373 >> >> "When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however >> improbable, must be the truth." >> --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> WISPA Wants You! 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