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Installation Guide for SecureMesh WAN® Gateway 2 - PL-0073A
Preparing the surge suppressor
Although the GATE-2000 has an integrated surge module, Trilliant recommends
installing an external Ethernet surge suppressor as a second level of protection,
especially on tower deployments.
Caution:
The surge suppressor must support 10/100/1000
Ethernet data rates and PoE Type A power.
Ethernet surge suppressor (CMJ8-PoE-A-C5E)
The following section describes the installation of the Citel CMJ8-POE-A-C5E
10/100/1000 surge suppressor.
Trilliant recommends mounting the surge suppressor below or near the GATE-2000,
and connecting it using a Cat6 shielded cable. The length of the Device Side Cable
needs to be kept to a minimum, but long enough to form a drip loop below the surge
suppressor. Use UV protected, shielded (F/UTP or S/FTP) Cat6 cable to connect the
GATE-2000 to the surge suppressor and to the PSE. The Cat6 cable needs to have
shielded RJ45 jacks on both ends. The connector shield frame of the RJ45 needs to be
bonded to the outer shield/drain wire of the Cat6 cable.
Note:
The maximum allowable cable length between the GATE-
2000 and the PSE is 328 ft (100 m).
1. Mount the Citel surge suppressor to the vertical mounting pole of the GATE-
2000 using two stainless steel 5/16” or 1/2” wide hose clamps (see
).
Mount the surge suppressor close to the GATE-2000 to keep cable runs short.
