Fiber optic network, assistance requested.
Not much help there. Spool of what and where to get it?
OK, but it is my understanding from a few I have spoken to things have changed in terms of what tools I can use, as in I don't need special cutter any more as more fiber is now being made available using a type of plastic instead of glass called pof or something of the sort.
I'm not worried about length as this is going inside a home and if I need a length >100m then I'm doing something wrong.
I was hoping for some links or a direction to go to get some solid info this subject. Thanks so far guys but my knowledge in this area is rather old and some of theings I have heard of late I am not familiar with. All I can find online is commercial grade stuff that want me to request quotes for service, this will be a diy project.
Bring on the info..
Or you can go the other direction away from the POF thing.
Its easy to just buy lengths of pre-termitated fibre cable and just connect them up
Example of fibre (multimode): http://www.amazon.com/Multimode-Duplex-Fiber-Optic-Cable/dp/B00551KB1W
Example of wall jacks: https://www.videk.co.uk/section.php/166/1/fibre-face-plates
Example of switch to connect them up (core switch):
Exaple of end device switches (Edge Switch ):
Example of SFP's to get (bassed on compatibilty of what you get IE you need to keep them all the same)
Up to you on how future proof you want it. POF will do 3Gbps up to 50M Multimode will do 10Gbps up to 400M (using the OM4 grade fibre) so if you ever plan on upgrading at some point then thats something to think about. Multimode isnt that bad to run as its core is slightly bigger it will accaept a slightly tighter turn over singlemode allthough not advised. Singlemode is probably not relevant as your not going in to the kilometers of distance.
Personlay i would just buy the pre terminated multimode fibre with the SFP's that I need as I have the gear that uses it. This is whats done in the enterprise world and is what you find in large buildings/offices datacenteres etc.
You can allso get patchpanels if you plan to centralise your incoming fibres.
Note that there are diferent connector types for fibre, all my links are using LC connectors, but you can also get SC , ST PC and others. LC and SC are the most commen LC becoming more commend now unless your getting in to specilised connections.
Also something else to add, If you ever plan to use your network for mass storage data transfer EG backing up to a NAS PC etc. then you can use these run fibres with FibreChanel modules and use the lines as a storage network as the LC connectors/fibre dont care what they are pluged in to as long as you use mulimode modules with mulimode fibre and single mode modules with single mode fibre,
Then if your running say 12-24 fibres from downstairs to upstairs then you can get amored cable with multiple fibres inside for a 1 cable run but multiple fibres,
This was the first example I found : http://www.netshop.co.uk/product/740/fci/structured-cabling/fibre-optic--pre-terminated-assemblies/fibre-preterminated-custom-build-service
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