Is this the hermes II unit?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: karlnet-bounces@WISPNotes.com
[mailto:karlnet-bounces@WISPNotes.com] On
> Behalf Of Norm Young
> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 11:47 AM
> To: Karlnet Mailing List
> Cc: Reg Mallory
> Subject: [Karlnet] New connector on KN-50/19dB panel CPE from YDI
>
> Just thought I'd weigh in on this new connector. While I appreciate
the
> attempts to improve, and the relatively long outdoor-rated Ethernet
cable
> that comes with it, I'm sorry to report that I actually liked the
previous
> setup.
>
> While it required taking off the back of the panel, it allowed me to
attach
> any length of Ethernet cable I needed for my installs (and some of
them
> have gone as long as 420'--thank you for including that 48vdc power
supply).
> This setup requires an Ethernet join, which isn't included, and really
> doesn't work as a number of my installs are mounted on poles that have
LOS
> to our AP (mountainous, lots of trees here) and the cable goes through
a
> conduit back to the point of use. Also, my experience with the
Ethernet
> join is that in trying to wrap it to make it waterproof loosens the
> connection, making it unreliable...and I really, really hate
callbacks.
> Another criticism is that to pull through walls, ect. I'm going to
have to
> clip that RJ-45 end off almost all the time anyway.
>
> With this current setup, I'm really screwed, because I'd need to
solder a
> join somewhere, rather than just pulling the cable included with the
CPE and
> replacing it with the stuff I buy by the box. I hate to say it folks,
but
> you've made this unit very, very difficult for me to use.
>
> I'm probably going to have to pull the cabling you've included, and
somehow
> make a waterproof feedthrough (like the old unit)---heck, I feel like
I'm
> going back in time to the old RGs!
>
> The best solution is to provide a waterproof female RJ-45 connector on
the
> CPE...or please, please, please, just go back to the previous setup.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Norm Young
> Applegate Broadband LLC
> Wireless Broadband Internet for the Applegate
> npyoung@apbb.net
> www.applegatebroadband.net
> 541.846.7135 or 541.846.4122
> Yahoo IM: npyoung
>
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