Protecting 1Gb Ethernet From Lightning Strikes
Nate Burke
nate at blastcomm.com
Tue Aug 13 18:59:31 UTC 2019
You will want to check out these.
https://mccowntech.wptstaging.space/product-category/surge-protectors/rack-mount-surge-protectors/
They are made to fit into the 1U APC Chassis PRM24.
We rely on them heavily in the WISP Market. I've had equipment on a
tower that was physically destroyed by lightening, and the Router Port
on the other side of these arrestors was just fine.
On 8/13/2019 1:51 PM, Rob Pickering wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Aug 2019 at 19:23, Javier J <javier at advancedmachines.us
> <mailto:javier at advancedmachines.us>> 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.
>
>
> The correct answer is use fiber.
>
> If you really, really can't then APC make a single port transient
> arrestor p/n PNET1GB.
>
> I've used these in the past for a PoE phone in a wooden gatehouse hut
> right on the 100M max length with no power for active kit and they
> seem to work fine. I'm using one at the moment for a PoE access point
> in my garden shed. Not sure I would bring an inter building link in
> copper onto an expensive core switch though.
>
> Don't know of anything in higher density than "one port".
>
> --
> Rob Pickering, rob at pickering.org <mailto:rob at pickering.org>
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