Manawyrm | Sarah4d ago

Just patched a long fiber link, which would've absolutely _sucked_ to get CAT.7 cable through.
The steel-armored OS2 cable is cheap and super robust/easy to work with. The LC connectors are even smaller than the hole for CAT.7 would've been.

This is nice \o/

What I want to say is: Don't be afraid of fiber for DIY networking people, it's awesome and often muuuch better than copper cable!

I also didn't have to do any annoying LSA+ terminations or crimps and the link will do 10G+ easily :)

Show threadMarcus Müller4d ago
@manawyrm how do you do the mechanical part of pulling the cable through walls? I have a flat with power outlets that I hope are connected via contiguous pipes, but there's obviously already a power cable in these. Can that still work?
Show threadManawyrm | Sarah4d ago

@funkylab In this case, I didn't have to, because there cable channels along the way (just some walls to drill through).

There is "fish tape" (often called "Einziehhilfe") here, which you can force through the cable channels somehow (if it's actually a pipe, you can hook a bag up to one end and use a vacuum cleaner to suck on the other end of the pipe!).

Then just duct-tape the fiber to the fish tape and pull it through.

Show threadAliveDevil
@manawyrm @funkylab
Speaking of which, are there prefabricated cable channels with embedded fish tape?
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