[143867] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: NANOG Digest, Vol 43, Issue 53
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leigh Porter)
Sat Aug 20 14:51:51 2011
From: Leigh Porter <leigh.porter@ukbroadband.com>
To: "<frnkblk@iname.com>" <frnkblk@iname.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2011 18:52:30 +0000
In-Reply-To: <010101cc5ee7$55adc690$010953b0$@iname.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Why not use wireless for it all if the bandwidth is enough. 5.8ghz kit is =
pretty cheap and fast.
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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.
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> Here's some pre-made armored options:=20
> http://goo.gl/sJ9NQ
> http://www.jemcables.com/ecommerce/CatalogSubCategoryDisplay.aspx?CID=3D=
101
> http://www.macmall.com/p/Cables-To-Go-Cables/product~dpno~7910804~pdp.fh=
cjje
> i
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> You can also lay sealed PVC conduit and run indoor-rated cable if you ke=
ep
> it below the frost line.
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> Frank
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dorn Hetzel [mailto:dorn@hetzel.org]=20
> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 6:54 AM
> To: nanog@nanog.org
> Subject: Re: NANOG Digest, Vol 43, Issue 53
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> I live on a farm and I have a number of data runs between buildings that=
are
> copper=20ethernet 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 switc=
h
> 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 h=
ave
> one or more toadstools with small switches used as repeaters in the midd=
le.
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> Well, I would like to convert the whole outside mess to fiber to elimina=
te
> this problem, and the per-foot price of 6 or 12 strand single mode cable=
s is
> pretty reasonable nowadays... But, I'm not very current on the most
> economical methods for splicing and terminating the fiber, which of cour=
se I
> would need to do on a "personal" sized budget. Any suggestions?
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> On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 12:16 AM, Charles N Wyble
> <charles@knownelement.com>wrote:
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>> On 08/12/2011 08:53 PM, Alex Rubenstein wrote:
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>>> Trust me, if I could, I would=20certainly do dark to my house.
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>> 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.
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>>> Been there, done that, in the current home. Two MDF's, upstairs. I hat=
e
>> it. For the cost (not much) going to home run everything. Ethernet, coa=
x,
>> speakers, etc.
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>> 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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