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From: Greg Ihnen <os10rules@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFrZoh1==kFEKG=ebecKUYR+sCB+dz+pwD2AGJVcpR1hHFVakg@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 11:11:52 -0430 To: Dorn Hetzel <dorn@hetzel.org> Cc: nanog@nanog.org Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org On Aug 13, 2011, at 7:23 AM, Dorn Hetzel wrote: > 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. >=20 >=20 > 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? This is somewhat off topic but have you tried any ethernet surge = protectors? I use them here in the jungle with lots of lightning and it = works good if your overall install is sound. Also you have to have your = electrical ground tied to the conduit so it all stays at the same = potential. But still fiber is the way to go. You could also go wireless = with a pair of Ubiquiti Nanostation M2's Greg=
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