[138628] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Long Distance Dark Fiber
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joel Jaeggli)
Fri Mar 11 10:50:52 2011
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 07:50:41 -0800
From: Joel Jaeggli <joelja@bogus.com>
To: Jeff Wheeler <jsw@inconcepts.biz>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTik1xHP3TtcRa6yk9ghmrUGXD+53rXBz2sUPFL2X@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 3/11/11 7:16 AM, Jeff Wheeler wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 9:25 AM, ML <ml@kenweb.org> wrote:
>> Would it be too crazy to buy a spool of fiber and splice the end of one pair
>> to the next pair and so on? Won't be able to simulate 2200 miles of fiber
>> but it'll be a long span.
>
> This is by no means crazy. If you visit a laboratory where gear is
> tested, you'll find exactly that -- spools of fiber which can be
> connected together (through whatever splicing or patching method is
> desired for the simulation) to give the desired span length. These
> usually look nicer than big spools of cable, and are even available in
> rack-mount enclosures with vendor logos. :)
one does not however do 2200 miles of terrestrial fiber simulation
without simulating regeneration as well.
