Fiber-optic isolator?
Do any of you know of a small (read this as short) fiber link I can use on a long CAT-5E line to isolate two buildings' routers/hubs from ground- potential variations that might cause wire-connected equipment to fail?
My idea is to run Cat-5 for the long line, then insert a Cat-5 to fiber to Cat-5 link somewhere in the line as the electrical equivalent of a "thermal break". My reasoning is that I already have the copper, and fiber over 500' would be quite expensive. Correct me if I'm wrong.
I live in a lightning zone, and the two buildings are on different transformers, so the potential differences could be large.
Thanks,
LLoyd
read more and respond »Posted 5 years ago by Lloyd E. Sponenburgh in Wireless Networking
