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Re: FDDI Specifications?

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From: b_goodwin
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 22:27
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In article <1992Dec14.112108.3518@nic.csu.net>, Barry Blackburn
<blackbub@sonoma.edu> writes:
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|>Subject: FDDI Specifications?
|>Message-ID: <1992Dec14.112108.3518@nic.csu.net>
|>From: Barry Blackburn <blackbub@sonoma.edu>
|>Date: 14 Dec 92 11:21:06 PST
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|>Can anyone out there tell me the specifications for FDDI over
|>multimode
|>62.5/125 micron
|>fiber optic cable?  I will have 4,000+ ft of cable installed to
|>extend
|>our Ethernet (FOIRL 
|>or 10Base-F) and want to insure that this cable can later be used for
|>FDDI.  I would expect 
|>to have to install new connectors for FDDI.  What specifications
|>(maximum
|>attenuation, etc) 
|>would I give to a contractor to insure that both the cable and
|>installation are up to specs?
|>
|>Thanks,
|>Barry Blackburn, Network Administrator at Sonoma State University
|>blackbub@sonoma.edu
|>1801 E. Cotati Ave.
|>Rohnert Park, CA 94928
|>(707) 664-9180
|>


Typical fiber : 62.5/125 graded index, multimode
Fiber length - multimode: 2km
Link loss budget - multimode: 11db
Connector type: Media Interface Connector (MIC)
	You might want the check with the manufacuture of the fddi equipment 
	you will use, some of them will use ST type connectors.
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Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 22:27:52 GMT