NANOG Digest, Vol 43, Issue 53

Sat Aug 20 18:52:30 UTC 2011

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 at 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 at hetzel.org] 
> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 6:54 AM
> To: nanog at 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 at 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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