[NCSA-discuss] lightning protection on ethernet

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Sun, 18 May 2008, Simon Karpen wrote:

> How about some spare cables (since lightening that could fry WAPs could
> also damage cables)

erk, I hadn't considered replacing cables in the ceiling, 
but I guess I'd better be prepared for it.

> and some cold spare WAPs pre-configured for your
> network?

yes, I'll have a couple of those on hand, but I should set 
up a few in boxes, ready to ship out.

> That way they'd be fast and easy to switch out, and you'd 
> also have spares in case of the normal WAP failures (since 
> consumer grade WAPs are basically disposable anyway)

the early Linksys (WAP11s) were terrible, but the WRT54?s 
I'm using now have been running for a year without any 
unplannned downtime, so I'm quite happy with them. Other 
than being taken out with lighthing, I'm expecting them to 
last as long as any other electronic device with no 
moving/spinning parts.

Thanks
Joe

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