They make multi strand cables that have a multi strand connector them. One style is called MTP. Might simply things.
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 14, 2020, at 1:44 PM, Brough Turner <bro...@netblazr.com> wrote: > > > Looking for advice (&/or war stories). I need to terminate 12- or 24-strand > fiber cables at the base of non-penetrating roof mounts and then run outdoor > jumpers to 2 or more radios on the same or nearby poles. Can you suggest a > suitable termination box, ideally pole-mounted? appropriate outdoor > dual-fiber armored or rugged jumper cables? > > Background: > We're an urban WISP with two or more radios on each of several hundred > buildings. These are mostly point-to-point links from Ignitenet, Siklu and > Bridgewave but, until recently, none faster than 3 Gbps with 2 & 3 Gbps > connections handed via LAg of Cat5e cables from a Netonix switch located > indoors on an upper floor. Now we are beginning to deploy 10 Gbps radios and > need to add fiber to the rooftops. We've deployed SM fiber indoors on ~10 > occasions when building complexes had paths exceeding 100 meters, so we plan > to stay with SM fiber and dual LC-LC connectors. To date, we have purchased > pre-terminated fiber cables and some bulk cable which we've terminated using > a Corning UNICAM kit. > > The current plan is to run 12-fiber cable from an indoor termination box on > the wall in our switch & router site to an outdoor pole-mounted termination > box attached near the base of one of the 5' or 10' non-penetrating roof > mounts used on most rooftops. From the pole-mounted termination box we'll > run outdoor armored dual fiber jumper cables to individual radios. At the > indoor switch/router site we'll add a MT CRS309 switch and run indoor fiber > jumpers between the router and the switch and the switch and the fiber > termination box. The existing Cat5e cable and existing Netonix switch will > provide PoE and 1 Gbps mgmt connections. > > Alternative suggestions welcome! > > Thanks, > Brough > > Brough Turner > netBlazr Inc. – Free your Broadband! > Mobile: 617-285-0433 Skype: brough > netBlazr Inc. | Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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