[84509] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: CAT5 surge/lightning strike protection recommendations?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jerry Eyers)
Wed Sep 14 08:23:25 2005
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 08:21:01 -0400 (Eastern Standard Time)
From: "Jerry Eyers" <jeyers@sloancc.net>
To: "NANOG list" <nanog@merit.edu>
Reply-To: "Jerry Eyers" <jeyers@sloancc.net>
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As everyone else has said, fiber is best, but if that is not an option...=
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We have had good luck using these:=0D
http://www.hyperlinktech.com/web/hgln_cat6.php=0D
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Trancievers will work as well, but that is a more expensive option.=0D
Nothing is going to protect you from a direct strike.=0D
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Jerry
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<DIV>As everyone else has said, fiber is best, but if that is not an opti=
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<DIV>We have had good luck using these:</DIV>
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<DIV>Trancievers will work as well, but that is a more expensive option.<=
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<DIV>Nothing is going to protect you from a direct strike.</DIV>
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<DIV>Jerry</DIV>
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