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I wanted to do a fiber run from my office (where my home automation Pi and office computers are) to our living room (where the fiber gateway is), but the cable

by nunez 3y ago

I wanted to do a fiber run from my office (where my home automation Pi and office computers are) to our living room (where the fiber gateway is), but the cable breaks incredibly easily, dealing with SFP modules is a pain, and if cats discover it, it's game over. Surprisingly cheaper than CAT7 copper

kalleboo 3y ago
> but the cable breaks incredibly easily Interesting. I was helping a friend wire his small business with 10 Gbit fiber, and the fiber patch cables from 10gtek ("the cheapest thing on amazon") were surprisingly resilient - we were yanking them through the false ceiling, getting caught on things, etc, no worries at all. The fiber coming in from the ISP, OTOH, felt like the most delicate thing on the planet.
- Doxin 3y ago
  Possibly multi-mode vs single-mode cable differences? As I understand it single mode fiber has to basically be as thin as you can get it, whereas with multi-mode you can YOLO the thickness a bit more, especially for short runs.
  - kalleboo 3y ago
    It was all single-mode actually!