Simon That is correct. The quality of the glass and the endpoints are the primary issue. I once made a hefty amount of money by investing in a company that made an auto aiming laser for fiber transceivers. :)
I sent an email to a friend that deals with this often at a large campus in Indiana. I will forward his answers. Indiana is like a swamp so there are various issues that may be able to help with. He deals with a mix of single-mode and multi-mode if that makes you feel better about the confusion. I would do some window shopping of transceivers to see if the pricing can tell you what is more popular. On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Simón Ruiz <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Andrew Latham <[email protected]> wrote: >> Simon >> >> To answer your primary question, almost any fiber will work. It is >> difficult to order just a single strand of fiber. Maybe look at 6-12 >> strands and allow multiple networks to reduce overall load. If you >> have 6 x 1gb links you are free to manage the flow as you see fit and >> gain options for redundancy. >> >> Its like buying a single can of soda at the super market, its just >> easier to buy the 12 pack. > > We're actually planning to run 12 pairs of fiber under the golf > course, which would allow a 12x1GB links right now, but ostensible > *not* 10GB through any one pair. > > The primary ignorance I'd like cleared up is, when Gigabit becomes a > quaint speed (we already have Gigabit to most desktops...), will > equipment be available to use these same cables for 12x10GB links? > > I always understood that fiber speeds were theoretically limited by > the equipment at the ends of the fiber and not by the fiber itself; > everything I've read about the effective differences between single > and multi-mode fibers while researching this, though, simply states > what's possible with current technology, and doesn't get into where > the technology will/might go. > > _______________________________________________ > Fwlug mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org > > This is a public list and all posts are archived publicly. Please keep this > in mind before posting. > -- ~ Andrew "lathama" Latham [email protected] http://lathama.net ~ _______________________________________________ Fwlug mailing list [email protected] http://mail.fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org This is a public list and all posts are archived publicly. Please keep this in mind before posting.
