Post #749219
2026-03-24 10:27 UTC
Replies (8)
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@ann3nova@corteximplant.com 2026-03-24 10:29
@manawyrm I've been curious about trying this once I actually make a permanent cable run to my tinker shop...what equipment did you use for either end of the cable? :)
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@AliveDevil@tauri.earth 2026-03-24 10:38
@manawyrm Yeah, basement renovation will feature some lengths of fiber in cable channels, because I hate the way cables have been installed here. Networking cable, power cable, etc. all through the basement ceiling/entrance area floor, at an angle at a wall, with a thumb worth of clearance. I've had issues getting CAT5 through there, but two strand fiber was a breeze.
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@funkylab@mastodon.social 2026-03-24 10:55
@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?
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@jdb78@chaos.social 2026-03-24 11:21
@manawyrm I was just about to install more copper into my apartment and workshop. Thank you for the heads up.
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@tnt@chaos.social 2026-03-24 11:43
@manawyrm Definitely. And Ill also add, if you have to, the mechanical splices are cheap and not that hard and if you have only one in the link, not a problem ... and then the holes you need are literally 2 mm ...
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@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk 2026-03-24 12:25
@manawyrm Did you use a pre-terminated cable?
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@jzdm@mieth.social 2026-03-24 13:53
@manawyrm could you provide a(shopping) link to the fiber, please? Thanks!
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@dunkelstern@corteximplant.com 2026-03-24 14:00
@manawyrm absolutely agree. Even unarmoured cable is easy to work with for most things (and it’s small enough to be embedded into caulking, so you can easily run it inside wall corners and just hide it without any issues) if only switches with multiple sfp+ ports would be a bit cheaper… you mostly can get some with 1 or 2 ports, if you need more it gets expensive fast…