+1 Cisco makes them, but I've never seen one from anywhere else. They are intended to go from a terminated fiber end to a transceiver of the alternate type. My understanding is that the fiber has to be offset very specifically for it to work....not something I would consider very practical in the field....it may not even be possible outside of a lab/manufacturing environment.....not sure.
I've successfully installed both multimode and singlemode fiber. It sounds like whoever did that work didn't have a clue what they were doing and a refund or rework should be demanded. I'd even use the responses from this list as ammunition. Jonathan A+, MCSA, MCSE Thumb-typed from my HTC Droid Incredible (and yes, it really is) on the Verizon network. Please excuse brevity and any misspellings. On Oct 3, 2011 10:25 PM, "Ben Scott" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Thomas Mullins <[email protected]> wrote: >> The original piece of fiber was multimode. The local school had an outside >> company splice the damaged section. This company made the splice with >> single mode fiber. > > As others have said, (1) that won't work, and (2) never use that > company for fiber work again. > > It is possible to go from one type to the other, *if* you use > something called a "mode conditioning cable", but I don't recall if > you can go back again, and mode conditioning cables aren't used in > splices. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
