fiber

This site motivated me to get a license plate cam, but I'm worried that lightning could strike the tree in my front yard and follow the LPR cam's ethernet cable inside to fry my entire network. I'm using a Ubiquiti ETH-SP-G2 ethernet surge protector, but I read that nothing can stop a direct...

Just wrapped up installing my new Dahua POE setup consisting of two 5mp mini dome cams (N51BL22), a 4k mini dome cam (N84CL52) and an N52B2P NVR. Had to pull my Cat5e to from camera locations to the basement where the NVR would be located, added the wall mount and cleaned up related items...

Just about to ditch comcast for AT&T fiber w/ gateway router. Only concern is ability to use BI, i.e. port forwarding. Is it possible? Is anyone doing it? Thanks.

I have about 100' of underground OM4 multi-mode fiber optic duplex cable. I'd like to check to make sure it is OK before I hook it up to my switches. Looking at YouTube and Amazon there are many VFI, Visual Fault Indicators, that look like they might do the job, but I'm not sure of witch one...

I thought this was going to be the easy part but maybe NOT. I need a single multi mode LC to LC duplex fiber cable about 80' long, probably an OM3,or OM4. Approximately 30' goes underground. So naturally I start looking for an underground cable for the entire length. However, to my surprise...

I have a switch with 2 small form SFP combination ports which are supposed to support fiber cables. Looking at the cable supplier sites like, ShowMeCables.com , for multimode duplex LC type cables, none of the cable ends, or fiber couplings, look like they would interface with the SFP port. I...