On Tue, 13 Aug 2019 at 19:23, Javier J <javier@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@pickering.org