Re: [AFMUG] Fiber up the tower vs. ethernet

2015-08-03 Thread Lewis Bergman
Before we sold we went to a model with a pair of 14awg for power and four fibers in one armored cable. We used a planet poe switch up top and a single dc surge arrestor for the power. Worked well as far as I know. I could try to find out what model we used. I probably still have some lying about I

Re: [AFMUG] Fiber up the tower vs. ethernet

2015-08-03 Thread Mike Hammett
- Original Message - From: Paul McCall pa...@pdmnet.net To: af@afmug.com Sent: Monday, August 3, 2015 9:52:39 AM Subject: [AFMUG] Fiber up the tower vs. ethernet We are seeking feedback from people that are using fiber up the tower instead of Cat5. Interested to know what equipment (power) you

Re: [AFMUG] Fiber up the tower vs. ethernet

2015-08-03 Thread Mike Hammett
AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Fiber up the tower vs. ethernet Before we sold we went to a model with a pair of 14awg for power and four fibers in one armored cable. We used a planet poe switch up top and a single dc surge arrestor for the power. Worked well as far as I know. I could try to find out

Re: [AFMUG] Fiber up the tower vs. ethernet

2015-08-03 Thread Josh Luthman
://www.facebook.com/mdwestix https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange https://twitter.com/mdwestix -- *From: *Lewis Bergman lewis.berg...@gmail.com *To: *af@afmug.com *Sent: *Monday, August 3, 2015 10:47:53 AM *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Fiber up the tower vs. ethernet

[AFMUG] Fiber up the tower vs. ethernet

2015-08-03 Thread Paul McCall
We are seeking feedback from people that are using fiber up the tower instead of Cat5. Interested to know what equipment (power) you are running at the base, and what equipment (switches, routers, POE, Ethernet protection etc.) that you have at the top. How is it working for you? Has having

Re: [AFMUG] Fiber up the tower vs. ethernet

2015-08-03 Thread Lewis Bergman
Bergman lewis.berg...@gmail.com *To: *af@afmug.com *Sent: *Monday, August 3, 2015 10:47:53 AM *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Fiber up the tower vs. ethernet Before we sold we went to a model with a pair of 14awg for power and four fibers in one armored cable. We used a planet poe switch up top

Re: [AFMUG] Fiber up the tower vs. ethernet

2015-08-03 Thread Jon Langeler
It's a toss up but typically has solved all the issues of why you might want to bring it up half way or to the top... Sent from my iPhone On Aug 3, 2015, at 10:52 AM, Paul McCall pa...@pdmnet.net wrote: We are seeking feedback from people that are using fiber up the tower instead of Cat5.

Re: [AFMUG] Fiber up the tower vs. ethernet

2015-08-03 Thread Adam Moffett
My last employer had some sites with a CMM4 at the top. Those worked great. Zero problems. You can either replace the included switch with a similar model that has an SFP slot, or add an industrial media converter. There's a resettable accessory power port that you can use for the media

Re: [AFMUG] Fiber up the tower vs. ethernet

2015-08-03 Thread David
Same here except we started with Mikrotik at the top to convert the fiber. I soon switched them out since talking to Lewis and no worries at all. On 08/03/2015 10:47 AM, Lewis Bergman wrote: Before we sold we went to a model with a pair of 14awg for power and four fibers in one armored