I have a question. My office connects to our NOC via a fiber line that connects the switch in my office to a switch in the NOC. Last Week things went dead and so far it points to the Fiber line being dead. I am still searching for a flashlight to test the line. That is what I was told by our Wiring guy to use to test continuity. To get back up and running I connected the two switches via the wall jack. Long story why that Jack wasn't used from the beginning. Now I am back on the LAN. My question is this. The copper connection is 100 mbps while the fiber is 1gb. Both switches are 3COM 3300 Switches so the speed drops to 100 mbps once it gets to the NOC. So my question is this. IS there any benefit (other than an upgrade path) to stay with the fiber between the switches or stay with the copper. The distance between switches is about 150 feet as you walk the hall in a straight line, not sure how much cable is used in the wall.
So far the new copper connection doesn't seem that much slower but most of my work is http and ssh with the occasional downloading/uploading of files. To get the fiber line tested and fixed is going to cost me $$$ while staying with the copper is the cost of a crossover cable. I am not worried about the cost although I am ticked as I was told I need a new switch and now it looks like it was the cable. John J. Boris, Sr. JEN-A-SyS Administrator Archdiocese of Philadelphia "Remember! That light at the end of the tunnel Just might be the headlight of an oncoming train!" _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
