[geeks] Cat6 between buildings and grime proofing?

[Aaron Morrison]

I used these at my last job to connect buildings:

http://www.transition.com/TransitionNetworks/Products2/Product.aspx?ID=14460&
CategoryName=E-100BTX-FX-05(xxxx)

Use a pair of those, one on each end.
If you have a switch that has optical ports, then you would only need one at
the remote side.

--am


On Jun 13, 2013, at 12:21, Andrew Jones <andrew at jones.ec> wrote:

> A 100 meter "patch" cable is a few hundred bucks.
>
> Terminating your own fiber really sucks and the tools are not cheap.  I have
done it once, under supervision.  Once was enough.
>
> For perspective, I've had datacenter providers who found it more cost
effective to keep stacks of 10-20-50-100-150-200 meter cables than to train
people to terminate fiber on demand.
>
> On 06/13/2013 12:09 PM, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>> Curious about the cost of a fiber run like that - what would it cost to
run
>> several hundred feet of fiber?
>>
>> Curious about cost of raw fiber, how to terminate fiber, cost of fiber to
>> RJ45 conversion box?
>>
>> I go into minor shock looking at the cost of terminated fiber patch
cables,
>> and I can't imagine a 400 foot run costs 100x more than a 1 meter patch
>> cable...
>>
>> Can anyone provide some insight into the actual cost of, say, a hundred
>> meter fiber run?
>>
>> Lionel
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