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" <frnk...@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:d...@hetzel.org] > Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 6:54 AM > To: nanog@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 > <char...@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? >> >> >> >> >> > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email > ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________
