6 Feb
2003
6 Feb
'03
10:06 a.m.
On Feb 5, 5:38, vance(a)neurotica.com wrote:
I'm about to put some 10Base-FL in and I was
wondering if someone
could
tell me what kind of fiber I should be looking for?
Is it 50/125 MMF
like
GigE? Or is it 62.5/125 MMF like FDDI?
It will work fine with either. In theory, you get slightly higher
coupling losses with 50/125 but can run slightly longer lengths; in
practice it makes little difference. My advice is to stick to one kind
or the other for everything.
York Uni has always used 50/125 for everything (from the original FDDI
and FOIRL through ATM and now 100baseFX and 1000baseSX) -- and we're
smiling now that it's come back into vogue. BTW, stick to ST
connectors where you can. SMAs suck big time, and couplers for STs are
expensive.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York