Got an apc unit that goes after the Poe, but what you are talking about might be better. Could save the power supply atleast. Not sure it would have completely stopped it because they lost all their computers, phone system, and other networking gear.
Sent from my iPhone On Jul 29, 2010, at 3:38 PM, "Marlon K. Schafer" <o...@odessaoffice.com> wrote: > 2 out of how many? > > We had a NASTY storm last night. Lost 1 nic card out of hundreds and > hundreds of them. > > We used to loose modems from time to time too. > > In my mind, you're just going to loose some once in a while during storms. > Part of the cost of doing business, just like flat tires out on the farm. > > Having said that, I wish more POE units had built in lightning protection. > > Polyphaser makes a nice ethernet protector that WILL work with POE > applications. Roughly $100 if memory serves me right. > > I know, not much help. > marlon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeremie Chism" <jchi...@gmail.com> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 6:53 AM > Subject: [WISPA] Lightening protection > > >> I had two cpe's get struck by lightening yesterday that took out the >> cpe, the router behind it and the voip adapter behind that. Along with >> a few Ethernet cards also. What are you using on the customers end to >> try to stop this. The cpe is powered by poe. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
