I need to run several ethernet lines along the outside of buildings - in a lightning-prone area. Tried this once before and got smoking ruin as a reward. What's needed are some kind of converters that will plug right into an ordinary 10/100 ethernet hub, convert the signal to optical that can be sent a hundred meters or so on economical/easy PLASTIC fiber, and then convert back to an ordinary 10/100 TX at the target PC or hub.
Has anyone come across anything like these devices ?
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Do a Google search - pof ethernet and pcs ethernet
pof - plastic optical fiber (watch the operating temperature) pcs - plastic clad silica
Regards,
Boris Mohar
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Ebay is your friend. I assume you are running the fiber for the first time, just get standard 125/62.5 fiber bulk of Ebay for cheap and also pick up some media converters while you're at it. As a point of reference, I just got 100yd of brand new terminated fiber for less than $30 shipped, which is quite common. If you want to run 100mbit, it shouldn't cost you more than $100-200 per link for fiber/equipment, assuming 100m. Gigabit wouldn't be that much more.
HTH Mike
Any good starting points when I look for the "media converters" ? I came across a few bits of hardware that kind-of fit that description, but they weren't easy to find.
First off you should post this to comp.dcom.cabling.
No. Plastic fiber isn't good enough for 100Mb. Buy a pair of media converters and a hundred M of multimode cable with the ends pre-terminaterd with the proper connectors. Companies will make custom lenghts for you. Milan AKA Digi make media converters.
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