Re: Protecting 1Gb Ethernet From Lightning Strikes

2019-08-15 Thread Nick Olsen
This. Very little will protect you from a direct strike. Working for a WISP for a long time as a past life, I've seen radios physically split in half. Chunks of concrete taken out of walls near the equipment. Black ethernet ports that have functionally soldered themselves into the jack. Six

Re: Protecting 1Gb Ethernet From Lightning Strikes

2019-08-14 Thread Eric Kuhnke
Another copper cable considered a "gold standard" for outdoor shielded + 9th ESD drain and ground wire, intended for long term rooftop and tower installation is Shireen. There's a variety of types. https://www.shireeninc.com/osc/cables/cat6 On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 6:30 PM Brandon Martin

Re: Protecting 1Gb Ethernet From Lightning Strikes

2019-08-14 Thread Brandon Martin
On 8/13/19 2:32 PM, Warren Kumari wrote: This probably won't fully solve your problem, but I run a bunch of Ubiquiti access points and similar -- I suffered a number of lightning related outages, and then started using their TOUGHcable - https://www.ui.com/accessories/toughcable/ While

Re: Protecting 1Gb Ethernet From Lightning Strikes

2019-08-14 Thread Eric Kuhnke
I would begin by referencing the grounding section here: https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/Lands_ROW_Motorola_R56_2005_manual.pdf Of utmost importance is that everything is bonded to the same potential. This means that if they have stuff on a roof, outdoor antennas or APs, whatever, it

Re: Protecting 1Gb Ethernet From Lightning Strikes

2019-08-14 Thread Alan Buxey
hi, have seen and suffered from same. nearby strikes can cause enough surge to fry things. best solution - air-gaps where possible between devices (eg fibre to link switches), surge protectors on ethernet cables where needed (eg feeds from Access points) - and if the APs have external antennae

Re: Protecting 1Gb Ethernet From Lightning Strikes

2019-08-14 Thread Mikael Abrahamsson
On Wed, 14 Aug 2019, Chris Knipe wrote: Think surge protectors will protect against strikes that is far away, and the residual surge it creates. A direct strike? Don't think there's anything that will really protect against that. https://imgur.com/a/dzTVw5a has been posted lately here in a

Re: Protecting 1Gb Ethernet From Lightning Strikes

2019-08-14 Thread Chris Knipe
Think surge protectors will protect against strikes that is far away, and the residual surge it creates. A direct strike? Don't think there's anything that will really protect against that. On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 7:29 PM wrote: > > Are "surge protectors" really of much use against lightning?

Re: Protecting 1Gb Ethernet From Lightning Strikes

2019-08-14 Thread bzs
Are "surge protectors" really of much use against lightning? I suspect not, other than minor inductions tho perhaps some are specially designed for lightning. I wouldn't assume, I'd want to see the word "lightning" in the specs. I once had a lightning strike (at Harvard Chemistry), probably

Re: Protecting 1Gb Ethernet From Lightning Strikes

2019-08-14 Thread Måns Nilsson
Subject: Re: Protecting 1Gb Ethernet From Lightning Strikes Date: Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 02:01:01PM +0200 Quoting Bjørn Mork (bj...@mork.no): > Måns Nilsson writes: > > > /Måns, has 6 pairs 9/125 between garage and house at home. > > Now you made me worry that my single OM4

Re: Protecting 1Gb Ethernet From Lightning Strikes

2019-08-14 Thread Bjørn Mork
Måns Nilsson writes: > /Måns, has 6 pairs 9/125 between garage and house at home. Now you made me worry that my single OM4 pair to the garden shed might be insufficient ;-) Bjørn

Re: Protecting 1Gb Ethernet From Lightning Strikes

2019-08-14 Thread Måns Nilsson
Subject: Protecting 1Gb Ethernet From Lightning Strikes Date: Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 02:22:12PM -0400 Quoting Javier J (jav...@advancedmachines.us): > I'm working with a client site that has been hit twice, very close by > lightening. > > I did lots of electrical work/upgrades/groundi

Re: Protecting 1Gb Ethernet From Lightning Strikes

2019-08-13 Thread Jared Mauch
t. You still run the risk > of a lightning strike entering through the transceiver power. You could > filter that through a -48VDC power supply, rectifier/inverter pair. > > > From: NANOG on behalf of Javier J > > Date: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 at 2:23 PM > To: "n

Re: Protecting 1Gb Ethernet From Lightning Strikes

2019-08-13 Thread Matthew Crocker
nverter pair. From: NANOG on behalf of Javier J Date: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 at 2:23 PM To: "nanog@nanog.org" Subject: Protecting 1Gb Ethernet From Lightning Strikes I'm working with a client site that has been hit twice, very close by lightening. I did lots of electrical w

RE: Protecting 1Gb Ethernet From Lightning Strikes

2019-08-13 Thread Kevin McCormick
Of Javier J Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 1:22 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Protecting 1Gb Ethernet From Lightning Strikes I'm working with a client site that has been hit twice, very close by lightening. I did lots of electrical work/upgrades/grounding but now I want to focus on protecting

Re: Protecting 1Gb Ethernet From Lightning Strikes

2019-08-13 Thread Nate Burke
You will want to check out these. https://mccowntech.wptstaging.space/product-category/surge-protectors/rack-mount-surge-protectors/ They are made to fit into the 1U APC Chassis PRM24. We rely on them heavily in the WISP Market. I've had equipment on a tower that was physically destroyed by

Re: Protecting 1Gb Ethernet From Lightning Strikes

2019-08-13 Thread Bill Woodcock
> The correct answer is use fiber. > Not sure I would bring an inter building link in copper onto an expensive > core switch though. Yeah. > Don't know of anything in higher density than "one port”. This on Amazon:

Re: Protecting 1Gb Ethernet From Lightning Strikes

2019-08-13 Thread Larry Smith
You might look at mccowntech.com, they make surge suppressors geared toward the wireless provider market which are pretty good. (not associated, we just use their products). -- Larry Smith lesm...@ecsis.net On Tue August 13 2019 13:22, Javier J wrote: > I'm working with a client site that has

Re: Protecting 1Gb Ethernet From Lightning Strikes

2019-08-13 Thread Blake Hudson
+1 on the Ubiquiti surge protectors specifically designed for PoE gear in mind (other brands like Cambium that are outdoor AP or camera oriented may work equally as well). I would also recommend continuing to isolate and protect as much as possible. For example, connecting your outdoor PoE

Re: Protecting 1Gb Ethernet From Lightning Strikes

2019-08-13 Thread Rob Pickering
On Tue, 13 Aug 2019 at 19:23, Javier J wrote: > I'm working with a client site that has been hit twice, very close by > lightening. > > I did lots of electrical work/upgrades/grounding but now I want to focus > on protecting Ethernet connections between core switching/other devices > that can't

Re: Protecting 1Gb Ethernet From Lightning Strikes

2019-08-13 Thread Warren Kumari
This probably won't fully solve your problem, but I run a bunch of Ubiquiti access points and similar -- I suffered a number of lightning related outages, and then started using their TOUGHcable - https://www.ui.com/accessories/toughcable/ (don't forget to also get the special jacks / ends). Since

Protecting 1Gb Ethernet From Lightning Strikes

2019-08-13 Thread Javier J
I'm working with a client site that has been hit twice, very close by lightening. I did lots of electrical work/upgrades/grounding but now I want to focus on protecting Ethernet connections between core switching/other devices that can't be migrated to fiber optic. I was looking for surge