Does anyone have a good source of the cable glands for the PMP450i APs? Annoyingly, there isn't a second one included with the AP...
We're using Netonix switches and a Packetflux Syncbox Junior Aux Port Version for smaller PMP450i sites, so we need to run a cable from the aux port for sync. For one site, I had found a couple plastic cable glands from Skintop in a bin of spare parts, if I had to guess it came from an old third party Mikrotik enclosure, though I was unable to find a supplier for that part.
We found the official glands from Cambium were about $15, which we may end up purchasing if an alternative can't be found.
The other difference between that and the Cambium gland is the rubber bushing. I think the Newark ones have a larger diameter hole, and may not seal as well using ethernet cable.
Matt is correct - the rubber bushing on the Newark ones do have a larger hole, but much of that difference will go away if you tighten down the outer shell, as it compresses the bushing.
This shows two identical glands; the one on the right was hand-tightened to compress the bushing.
Haaaaa... this caught us too. Most of the time we're doing sync over power, but in upgrading a couple small sites we went with aux port timing devices recently. Our "creative" construction crew worked around it, but I don't like the hokey solutions on expensive access points.
Hence my very succinct suggestion in the ideas section a couple weeks ago: