sundance-communications.com/forum Forums Wiring - Telecom Carriers - Trunks & Services Cabling Telephones Systems Wiring Need fiber advice

I need to run an ethernet connection through a conduit between two buildings, a distance of around 1200 feet.

Can I get someone to recommend exactly what type of F/O cable and what twisted pair to fiber converters I need? 100 BaseT is fast enough. I need simple to install and simple to plug & play.

Indoor/outdoor fiber at least 6 strand, depending on the future..
Ends to match equipement at the ends.
My job ends at the switch so can't help after fiber

Single mode fiber is always better, but if the cost is too high you might be able to get by with 50 micron multi mode.

I would agree that 6strand would be the minimum.

I'm sure someone else will come along to recommend converters. Sorry, I'm not up to date on them.

Sam

At 100M it's doable, but pushing it for multi-mode -- if there's any budget, run single mode fiber. SM will give them options like WDM later, too.

You might as well run 6 pair -- you don't have to terminate all of it, but there's no savings to running any less.

I know you said 100M is enough, but these days, you'll probably find that gigabit converters are actually cheaper. 10BaseFL and 100BaseFX have become niche products (I haven't used the former since the mid 90s and the latter since about 2000), whereas gig is so mainstream you can get cheap converters and SFP optics on Amazon.

Telco Systems inherited the LANTwist line via the Metrobility acquisition. I've used those, they're not too bad, and the Metrobility stuff in general was decent and not terribly expensive. (Used their active R5000 chassis as regens before, decent.)

Take a look through here:

https://www.telco.com/index.php?page=product-family&family=metrobility

(obviously, pick according to your budget/media/connector type preferences.

Take a look at Fiber Instrument Sales (FIS).
They have just about anything you would need.

That distance is very doable for multi-mode which is cheaper than single mode. 6 strand will leave you with two more ethernet connections after you're finished with this one.

Transition Networks has a complete line of fiber to copper converters. They work EVERY TIME. They are, however, the Cadillac of converters and you will pay a premium price. If you go to FIS web site, you will see all the fiber equipment you could need as well as cheaper converters that work. FIS will also pre-terminate the fiber cable if you don't want to get involved with that. They will install pulling eyes on the fiber and, believe it or not, we had a 2 mile pull through some already populated conduits and we got the pre-terminated fiber from them with pulling eyes. The pull was so difficult, out of frustration, we hooked the fiber to the back of one of our trucks and pulled. I figured it would have ruined the fiber, I just wanted to get it out of the conduit. Before pulling it all the way out, I tested the fiber. Every fiber of the 24 fiber cable was perfect! I would NEVER condone using a vehicle to pull cable, however, this is a true story. I broke the capstan on a Greenlee tugger trying to pull this fiber and that is why I resorted to the truck pull.

Today's fiber is tough, can go over 2 miles on multi-mode and can be purchased with the termination of your choice pre-terminated.

Rcaman

It may be doable, but 3 links at 1 (and maybe 10G) is a far cry from dozens of wavelengths per pair at 40 or 100G.

Where possible, single-mode, always. If you're going to bother pulling that much fiber, might as well enable any future requirement.

Doesn't mean its appropriate for this client -- Arthur will have to decide that. Just an observation.

Thank youse all.