[BC] Wireless Internet Installation on AM Tower

[RichardBJohnson at comcast.net]

The Canopy device gets its power over the same Ethernet cable from which data is fed back to a LAN. You can't disturb the impedance of the Ethernet wire or it won't work, plus it needs to remain a metallic connection for power.

To run fiber, you would need to put everything, including the first LAN router, on the tower. Then use a router-to-fiber connection back to another fiber-to-router hack at the station. PLUS, get power to everything you stashed on the tower! Certainly, a piece of conduit is easier --if you can find the right length.

Cheers,
Richard B. Johnson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "w2xj" <w2xj at nyc.rr.com>

Richard,

Wouldn't a fiber run for the data be much less convoluted?