Protecting 1Gb Ethernet From Lightning Strikes

Tue Aug 13 18:52:37 UTC 2019

+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 cameras or APs to dedicated PoE switches that connect back 
to the core or aggregation switches via fiber. The PoE switches powering 
the outdoor gear could be connected to power on dedicated PDUs that are 
connected to dedicated circuits. I would imagine that PDUs that provide 
surge protection or on-line/line-interactive UPS units would be 
preferred over standby UPS units or PDUs that do not provide surge 
protection. Would also be nice to keep spare parts on-site or 
conveniently accessible, but not connected to power (e.g. focus on cold 
spares before focusing on hot spares).

--Blake

Warren Kumari wrote on 8/13/2019 1:32 PM:
> 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 changing to
> this I've had no more issues. You should also look at
> https://www.ui.com/accessories/ethernet-surge-protector/- I haven't
> needed them, but...
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> W
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> On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 2:23 PM Javier J <javier at advancedmachines.us> wrote:
>> I'm working with a client site that has been hit twice, very close by lightening.
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>> 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.
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>> I was looking for surge protection devices for Ethernet but have never shopped for anything like this before. Was wondering if anyone has deployed a solution?
>> They don't have a large presence on site (I have been moving all of their core stuff to AWS) but they still have core networking / connectivity and PoE cameras / APs around the property.
>> Since migrating their onsite servers/infra to the cloud, now their connectivity is even more important.
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>> This is a small site, maybe about 200 switch ports, but I would only need to protect maybe 12 core ones. but would be something I could use in the future with larger deployments.
>> it's just a 1Gbe network BTW.
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>> Hope someone with more experience can help make hardware recommendations?
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>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> - Javier
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