On 3/11/11 7:16 AM, Jeff Wheeler wrote: > On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 9:25 AM, ML <m...@kenweb.org> wrote: >> Would it be too crazy to buy a spool of fiber and splice the end of one pair >> to the next pair and so on? Won't be able to simulate 2200 miles of fiber >> but it'll be a long span. > > This is by no means crazy. If you visit a laboratory where gear is > tested, you'll find exactly that -- spools of fiber which can be > connected together (through whatever splicing or patching method is > desired for the simulation) to give the desired span length. These > usually look nicer than big spools of cable, and are even available in > rack-mount enclosures with vendor logos. :)
one does not however do 2200 miles of terrestrial fiber simulation without simulating regeneration as well.
