Those marketing photos sure look pretty though. They might also explain why I keep seeing installs done just like the pictures. I had a bit of an argument a few weeks ago on the UBNT forums with some folks defending using indoor patch cable outside and not wrapping connectors. It started with someone complaining to UBNT that the patch cable boots wouldn't fit inside the bullet caps. (The answer from UBNT was that it was a tradeoff in the design...???) Silly me, I said they were supposed to be used with outdoor shielded cable, not patch with the boots. You wouldn't believe how many negative comments came from that. Pictures of nice pretty blue PVC patch cables and bright shiny connectors............. And now there is an army of installers following these lies.
We use outdoor, flooded cable with the static drain wire to an outdoor shielded connector. All connections wrapped. It's not as pretty but I don't work for Apple so I just care about it being functional and trouble free. I would be more attracted to a photo of equipment with a correct install. They are marketing to professionals, after all, and when I see one of these photos, I'm like you and are too busy being distracted by the things that are wrong. On Sep 10, 2009, at 11:42 AM, jp wrote: > Sidepoint.... Some of the wireless equipment vendors would likely > create > a superior product faster if they ran a modest sustainable WISP just > big > enough for real world product testing. Too often we see marketing > photos > of gear installed outdoors with shiny bare N connectors, indoor > unshielded cat5 on the pole, etc... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
