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Fiber is easy if you buy fiber patch cables, and just coil up the excess. Copper just has limitations, I wouldn't be surprised if there's no real progress in co
by jonatron 5y ago
Fiber is easy if you buy fiber patch cables, and just coil up the excess. Copper just has limitations, I wouldn't be surprised if there's no real progress in copper networking in the next few years.
- lxchase 5y agoI believe some prefer Copper despite length limitations or interference, because it’s less power and heat compared to fiber and the receiver to translate the light.
- wmf 5y ago2.5G/5G/10GBaseT is probably higher-power than fiber.
- sleepydog 5y agoI've been considering getting fiber to connect two switches on opposite ends of my apartment. The distance is short enough that I could use a slim Ethernet cable, but even the slim ones are pretty noticeable. Fiber cables can be incredibly thin. I did research, and the problem I found was that there is very little availability for fiber cables of alternative colors. Most of the cables I found that were the right type and thickness I wanted, I could only find in bright yellow that would stick out. There are a few products like invisilight that are incredibly thin and almost clear which would be ideal. However, they're only sold in bulk to businesses so I could only find some on ebay. It felt too adventurous for me to pull the trigger. Currently 5Ghz wifi is sufficient, but its bad enough that I refrain from doing anything that consumes a lot of bandwidth, like torrenting.
- kingosticks 5y agoDo you have coax connections in each room? If so, is ethernet over coax an option?
- sleepydog 5y agoI do not have coax. Power line ethernet is an option, but I've heard mixed stories about latency/loss.
- candiddevmike 5y agoThe color of fibre optic cabling jackets typically signifies the type of mode/distance it supports, unlike CAT5/6 where it's insignificant. https://www.thefoa.org/tech/ColCodes.htm https://www.thefoa.org/tech/ColCodes.htm