[Jon Stratis]

We've had an externally available port for a number of years. Typically we do it with a female-female connector designed to be mounted through a surface - just cut out an appropriate rectangle in one of the lexan shields, push it in until. It clicks in place, then hook it up permanently to the radio using a short Ethernet cable. The benefit of this over a wall jack is that you don't have to mess with the wiring - just use standard cables and it all works out. I hate cutting open an Ethernet cable and having to figure out where all 8 wires go!