Trango Strata has a metal gland that you can pass the ethernet through.
We had Ceragon glands that wouldn't allow the plug through....we
adjusted them with a reamer because eff that nonsense.
Charles, you’re alive? Did you do a Brick Tamland? Did you bring ray
guns from the future?
Oh, and I don’t think metal glands necessarily require terminating the
cable after passing through the gland (something that should be
avoided at all costs). If I’m remembering right when we installed
some Exalt G2 links, they had a metal gland that you could pass a
cable terminated with a shielded plug through. And that’s their entry
level radio. I could be remembering wrong though, I don’t have one
here to look at.
Lots of plastic glands have that problem. We go through it with WiMAX
CPE, and I remember doing that with a SAF 24 GHz link.
*From:* Charles Wu via Af <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Friday, October 10, 2014 4:02 PM
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:* [AFMUG] Microwave Backhaul Ethernet Grommets - Feedback Wanted
Trying to figure out some Ethernet grommets and since you guys would
be the ones directly using/installing these, thought I’d ask for input
rather than just trying to guess what’s best for everyone – trying to
decide metal vs. plastic
Metal
-Cannot put Ethernet cable through (need to crimp connector AFTER
cable has gone through)
-Expensive ($30+ / grommet) – when we’re trying to be competitive
against Trango/SAF/etc with an all-outdoor microwave backhaul, every
dollar counts (especially if we’re talking up to 4 connectors)
-Feels more **rugged**
Plastic:
-Can put Ethernet cable through with the end on
-Cheap ($0.50/grommet) – can throw a bunch of these in with every
radio without increasing the price, and could send them out to
customers without charging them if a customer needed things
-Doesn’t **look/feel** as industrial / rugged as the metal grommet
All suggestions / comments / thoughts are welcome
Plastic
Metal
