Yeah, I was gonna say....our SM's see a lot of circulation.
If they made some kind of IP67 industrial ethernet connection that was
simple to terminate in the field, that would be the way to do it. Even
then, it would be 10% more reliable and 1000% more expensive*.
Somebody....I think Smart Bridges....had a stub of ethernet fixed to the
unit and you basically connected with an outdoor coupler. That was a
reasonable idea except they used one that you can't put your RJ45 plug
through....and when somebody loses the gaskets or nuts you know they'll
just wrap the connection in tape and hope for the best.
Anyways, yeah punch down is probably the last way I would ever want to
do it. I can't think of any specific advantage other than people who've
done lots of punch downs get pretty fast at it. Maybe it will save you
30 seconds of installation time.
/*Like all statistics used in persuasive arguments, these numbers are
completely made up./
If only it worked like thathere.
People around here are more transient than that. They buy a home here
for a couple years, then end up moving to a nicer one, or they leave
for 6 months and head to some foreign country.
Josh Reynolds, Chief Information Officer
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On 10/30/2014 05:16 PM, Mike Hammett via Af wrote:
How many times are you unplugging the cable from your CPE? Should be
plug it in and done until you forklift the network 4 - 5 years later.
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*From: *"Bill Prince via Af" <[email protected]>
*To: *[email protected]
*Sent: *Thursday, October 30, 2014 5:08:03 PM
*Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Punch down
Punch downs are only good for a relatively limited number of cycles
(way less than an RJ45). So punch downs are good when you expect the
connection to be good for the duration (like usually years). If you
expect to make/break the connection a few times, you would not use a
punch down.
bp
On 10/30/2014 2:26 PM, Mike Hammett via Af wrote:
Wear and tear?
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*From: *"Josh Reynolds via Af" <[email protected]>
*To: *[email protected]
*Sent: *Thursday, October 30, 2014 4:18:55 PM
*Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Punch down
F that.
Wear and tear on CPEs.
We don't use them, but many swear they will only let their
installers use EZ-RJ45. If that's the case, I wouldn't want those
people punching down radios.
Josh Reynolds, Chief Information Officer
SPITwSPOTS, www.spitwspots.com <http://www.spitwspots.com>
On 10/30/2014 01:11 PM, Mike Hammett via Af wrote:
What do you guys think of punching down on radios, PoE, etc.?
I saw a radio at WISPAPALOOZA that had you punch down the
wires onto the radio's circuit board. Seems like it would cut
down on any issues of the RJ45 coming undone. What pitfalls
would there be?
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