[c-nsp] OT: Multimode fiber question

Eric Helm helmwork at ruraltel.net
Wed Aug 9 12:13:35 EDT 2006



Justin M. Streiner wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Aug 2006, Eric Helm wrote:
> 
>> I've got to get this link up and going now, so I'm going to use what I
>> have, but I plan on having the 62.5 micron jumpers ordered to replace
>> the 50 micron ones.
>>
>> Are there any issues I can expect to see by having the 50 micron jumpers
>> on the 62.5 micron cable?
> 
> What is the distance between the buildings, i.e. how long is that MM fiber 
> run?  Having different diameter jumpers should not be a huge deal, but you 
> might open yourself up to more modal/chromatic dispersion, especially if 
> the distance between the buildings is pretty far.
> 

I'm not sure of the exact distance but it is around 50-75 meters from
patch panel to patch panel.
Any concerns there?

/Eric


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