From: "Will Honea" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:47:11 -0600
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Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Wireless router
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** Reply to message from "Lewis G Rosenthal"
<os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> on Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:27:09 -0400


> We just lost a Motorola Canopy point-to-point link at a municipal Wi-Fi 
> installation we manage. My first thought was that a surge ran down and 
> fried the PoE injector, but swapping that one for a known good one 
> didn't help, so it appears that the damage was done up on the roof (oh, 
> joy...heights). Never underestimate the power of nature... (Aside: Do 
> atheists get a discount on homeowners insurance premiums by opting out 
> of any coverage for "acts of g-d"? Just a random thought which occurred 
> to me...)

That strikes a chord!  I HATE roofs.  My wife can't understand how I can be
perfectly comfortable upside down in an airplane at 0 g yet go white knuckle
after two steps on a ladder.

I think we got into this once before, but surge/lightning protection is a
science (or black art) al unto itself.  Most people just can't grasp the
magnitude of the power involved when lightning strikes.  Just a thought for
you:  those puny surge protector strips are very limited but (especially for
phone lines) one at the point of entry cascaded with a second one several feet
away near the actual equipment reduces the surge MUCH better than a single
point protection scheme.

-- 
Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net>