Protecting 1Gb Ethernet From Lightning Strikes

Tue Aug 13 18:40:38 UTC 2019

You might look at mccowntech.com,
they make surge suppressors geared toward
the wireless provider market which are pretty good.
(not associated, we just use their products).

-- 
Larry Smith
lesmith at ecsis.net

On Tue August 13 2019 13:22, Javier J wrote:
> I'm working with a client site that has been hit twice, very close by
> lightening.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Hope someone with more experience can help make hardware recommendations?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> - Javier