rvdm@oce-rd2.UUCP (Ruurd van der Meer) (11/27/85)
I am wondering what measures can be taken to avoid x-million
dollar damage by lightning on local network cables like
Ethernet.
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The standard says : the shield conductor of each coaxial cable
segment shall make electrical contact with an effective EARTH-
reference at ONE point. A lightning on the other side of the
segment can destroy a lot of interface units and possibly more.
We at OCE have a lot of buildings with Ethernet in between.
An expensive solution is using optical ways to seperate.
I know there are 'spike-' or 'surge-' suppressors to be put
in coaxial cables. The one I know are for IBM (93 ohm) cabling.
Does anyone know such suppressors for Ethernet cable (50 ohm) ?
What about reflections with these suppressors ?
All ideas to avoid lightning problems on networks are welcome!
Ruurd van der Meer OCE NEDERLAND BV
Netherlands// Venlo
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