Range using single-mode SFPs across multi-mode fiber
Justin M. Streiner
streiner at cluebyfour.org
Thu Dec 15 13:53:18 UTC 2011
On Wed, 14 Dec 2011, Keegan Holley wrote:
> 2011/12/14 oliver rothschild <orothschild at gmail.com>
> How did you end up with a MM run this long? SX optics are only rated at
> 500 meters at best. Even with mode conditioning jumpers more the 1km is a
> risk. I'm glad it held up during testing though. Just out of curiosity
> did you purchase dark from a provider? Is it inside of a building?
Legacy 10baseFL/100baseFX/FDDI can run fairly long distances over OM1.
In the past I've run 100baseFX over OM1 runs with multiple cross-connects,
out to about 2 km.
jms
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