[email protected] wrote: > > should never run copper for networks between buildings (and some > would say ever outside buildings) - thats optic territory. we use > optical isolation...
In an ideal world, I agree. In the real world, I am not aware of any official standards, regulations or building codes that prohibit using Ethernet between buildings or outside buildings. If you know any, could you please provide a link. > but if you really want to > protect your ports maybe these will help: > > http://datainterfaces.com/surge-protectors.aspx They do not seem to offer galvanic isolation, I think they use gas discharge modules. How do I know they are any better than those we already have (APC ProtectNet)? You are not advising them from your own experience, are you? > > (if anyone else has experience of these....or you end up using > them...please review and give me some feedback as I do have some > annoying (and expensive) corner cases that they might be useful > for....) > -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN sip:[email protected] _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
