Whenever I have a dry pair I use fluke lube. -----Original Message----- From: NANOG <nanog-boun...@nanog.org> On Behalf Of Blake Hudson Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 3:40 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Extending network over a dry pair
Nick Bogle wrote on 12/12/2018 3:25 PM: > A quick question for you guys; > > If you had a single dry pair (pair of copper wires originally for > phones) to a remote site that was around 6 miles away, what would you > use? We currently are just extending a T1 line to this site, but > 1.5Mbps isn't cutting it anymore. Unfortunately it's a research site > on a federally protected wildlife preserve so we can't run any new > infrastructure (fiber etc) and it isn't in a geographical place where > point to point wireless is practical. We were thinking there is some > sort of network extender that uses some form of DSL for higher > bandwidth capacity. > > Any suggestions? Blackbox makes a variety of different types of " network extenders" (aka bridges) - https://www.blackbox.com/en-us/products/black-box-brand-products/networking/extenders As others have said, 6 miles might limit your bandwidth capacity.
