Why not use wireless for it all if the bandwidth is enough. 5.8ghz kit is pretty cheap and fast. -- Leigh Porter On 20 Aug 2011, at 04:16, "Frank Bulk" <frnkblk@iname.com> wrote:
You can order custom-made patch cables that are outdoor rated from any decent company that sells fiber patch cables for a living. If you want it to be locatable, make sure it includes some kind of metal strip.
Here's some pre-made armored options: http://goo.gl/sJ9NQ http://www.jemcables.com/ecommerce/CatalogSubCategoryDisplay.aspx?CID=101 http://www.macmall.com/p/Cables-To-Go-Cables/product~dpno~7910804~pdp.fhcjje i
You can also lay sealed PVC conduit and run indoor-rated cable if you keep it below the frost line.
Frank
-----Original Message----- From: Dorn Hetzel [mailto:dorn@hetzel.org] Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 6:54 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: NANOG Digest, Vol 43, Issue 53
I live on a farm and I have a number of data runs between buildings that are copper ethernet pulled through buried conduits. (It was what I could afford when I put it in). We have trouble from time to time with damage from lightning. (I've taken to using an intermediate "throwaway" 5-port switch after the surge suppressors on the cable after building entry, but still stuff gets blown up now and then. The longer runs of outside ethernet have one or more toadstools with small switches used as repeaters in the middle.
Well, I would like to convert the whole outside mess to fiber to eliminate this problem, and the per-foot price of 6 or 12 strand single mode cables is pretty reasonable nowadays... But, I'm not very current on the most economical methods for splicing and terminating the fiber, which of course I would need to do on a "personal" sized budget. Any suggestions?
On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 12:16 AM, Charles N Wyble <charles@knownelement.com>wrote:
On 08/12/2011 08:53 PM, Alex Rubenstein wrote:
. Trust me, if I could, I would certainly do dark to my house.
The last house I was in, was 500 feet from AT&T fiber and easy walking distance to the CO. My sister in law lives there now. I'm considering putting a rack or two in the garage for disaster recovery purposes.
Been there, done that, in the current home. Two MDF's, upstairs. I hate
it. For the cost (not much) going to home run everything. Ethernet, coax, speakers, etc.
Nice. Please write this up. I want to do the same. Hoping I can rack mount everything and have an epic setup. Every room would have ethernet drop, coax, speaker. What about video? Hmmm. What about fiber drop in every room as well?
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