Table of Contents
- Introduction
- ESD Protection on RouterBOARD devices
- Grounding RouterBOARD installations
- Illustrations of the above methods
Introduction
Shielded cable installation infrastructure (towers and masts), as well as antennas and the router itself, must be properly grounded, and lightning arrestors must be installed on all external antenna cables (near the antennas or on the antennas themselves) to prevent equipment damage and human injury. Note that lightning arrestors will not have any effect if not grounded.
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Method #2 (only shielded cable):
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You should not use PSE with the positive terminal connected to PE if it powers a MikroTik device. It may cause a short circuit, harm you and your device. |
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Even if you don't ground the outdoor wireless device, and only use a shielded cable, you should still ground the device it's connected to (indoors). Ie. the switch, routerboard, or PC. |
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