Yes, and I've replaced a handful (5-10) of these unreliable RJ45 terminations
with jacks in the past couple of years. For a sense of scale, we have 275 APs
and only about 20% of those have the service cable terminated with a plug
instead of a jack.
Thomas Carter
Network and Operations Manager
Austin College
903-813-2564
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[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Chuck Enfield
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2015 12:28 PM
To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Copper Cable Field Terminations for Access Points
Traditionally, plug terminations on solid conductor cables have been considered
unreliable, but recently there have been some new products introduced to
address that problem. While I can't speak to longevity, one design that caught
my attentions was
OCC'shttp://www.google.com/url?sa=trct=jq=esrc=ssource=webcd=1ved=0CB4QFjAAurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.occfiber.com%2Fmain%2Fdownload.php%3Fd%3D232ei=udlUVcLtGKGSsQThjoHACwusg=AFQjCNE6lbaeho8I_31bKjk52zkyQjhRvAsig2=elTAAn1hMUOt-XwNkPyyWQbvm=bv.93112503,d.cWccad=rja.
It's a little larger than the traditional plug, which could be an issue in
tight spaces, but it looks promising.
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Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Copper Cable Field Terminations for Access Points
Good afternoon all,
We are faced with some challenges in upgrading our access points in our
residence halls this summer. Our existing installation has access points wall
mounted and we terminate Cat5E cable on a Cat5E type biscuit jack on the wall
near where the access point is mounted. From there we place a short cable from
the jack to the access point. In current state, this makes for easier
troubleshooting to decipher cable versus AP problems, however it's understood
that there could be other problems associated with multiple termination points
etc. In our current project, we are looking install access points with internal
antennas and we are looking to move these to ceiling mounts in most/all of
these rooms where we can. We made this choice because we've found that some
students will vary the positions of antennas, which have impacted RF coverage
and we have added more access points in some areas to compensate (we cannot
easily get into student rooms to inspect access points).
The question I was asked before we move these jacks is whether we should save
costs and time by just making a field termination of the Cat5E cable with an
RJ45 connector crimped right on the cable then plug this cable directly into
the access point and avoid the biscuit jack and short station cable. I'm
wondering if anyone is doing this, was doing this and stopped, plans to do this
etc? Does this present any problems like bad mechanical connection problems etc?
Thanks for your feedback.
--Mark Wehrle Phone: (215) 898-9664
Technical Director, ISC Network Telecom Operations Fax: (215) 898-9348
University of Pennsylvania
3401 Walnut Suite 221a
Email:weh...@isc.upenn.edumailto:weh...@isc.upenn.edu
Phila. PA 19104-6228
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