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How do you connect fiber? I thought you need very expensive soldering tool which stopped me from looking at fiber for home network.

• sokoloff 5y ago
  Buy pre-terminated fiber patch "cables". They have ends on them (LC is the common one) and plug in like pre-terminated Ethernet cables. Terminating bulk fiber does require special tooling, but is generally not needed for a home installation.
  • ksec 5y ago
    I never thought about using Fibre at home. Especially when I have CAT6 cable already installed. How does Pulling Pre-terminated fibre walks? Doing it the same as Copper cables? I thought fibre cable were more brittle which makes home installation a no go? This is interesting because I guess most are like me, all fixated on Copper Ethernet and never once thought about Fibre!
    • sokoloff 5y ago
      They’re not as strong as copper UTP, but they’re not outrageously fragile either. If they get tangled or twisted in a data center application, you can tug on them as needed to disentangle them without worry. I pulled finished fiber through conduit to my garage (fiber is much better than copper for detached buildings). That was an el, two 90s, a 45, and about 17 meters of straight conduit pulled with a poly line. Worked fine. In a case like yours (assuming you have at least Cat6 copper UTP in the wall), I’d surely just buy the slightly more expensive RJ45 transceivers.