People are using patch cords from Walmart in their WISP installs? Jeez... I use regular outdoor cable, no flooding, no shielding, just UV protected cable. It's all I normally need and I've been doing this for a few years.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "Robert West" <robert.w...@just-micro.com> Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 11:00 AM To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Vendors eating their dogfood (was Re: Which WiMAX AreYou?) > 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/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
