Fiber Connection Termination Question
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We have fiber under the street between our two buildings that connects them for networking.
Here is pics of the termination on each side:
bldg1:
bldg2
Not that I really think I need it, but out of curiosity, if I were to get appropriate fiber connector for each end and insert into the same port on both sides is that all that would be needed to make another pair active?
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@BraswellJay if there is no equipment and just a piece of fiber, yes. That would just make it a patch cable.
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@BraswellJay said in Fiber Connection Termination Question:
Not that I really think I need it, but out of curiosity, if I were to get appropriate fiber connector for each end and insert into the same port on both sides is that all that would be needed to make another pair active?
Maybe yes, maybe no - it depends if there is fiber behind ports 2 and 3. If there is fiber between your building connecting ports 2, and port 3, then yes, just install a fiber patch cable on each side and you have another connection.
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@Dashrender said in Fiber Connection Termination Question:
@BraswellJay said in Fiber Connection Termination Question:
Not that I really think I need it, but out of curiosity, if I were to get appropriate fiber connector for each end and insert into the same port on both sides is that all that would be needed to make another pair active?
Maybe yes, maybe no - it depends if there is fiber behind ports 2 and 3. If there is fiber between your building connecting ports 2, and port 3, then yes, just install a fiber patch cable on each side and you have another connection.
Besides what @Dashrender said you can also turn your current fiber pair (transmit and receive) into two separate fibers with send and transmit on every single fiber. You just have to change your fiber transceivers in your switch to the bidi type (bidirectional).
Works like this:
Bidi tranceivers looks like this (notice the single fiber connector):
If you want even more fiber communications running inside your single fiber pair you can use optical multiplexers and demultiplexers.
Looks like this:
This is what you use when you need to expand your communication without actually running new fiber pairs.
Every communication channel uses a different wavelength of light so they don't collide and every channel will run at maximum speed.
