Quality 10Gb OM3 Fiber Cables

[jgreco]

What happens when you bend a fiber is that the losses are greater the lower the bend radius. After a limit you break the fiber but if you manage to break a fiber then you're doing something really wrong. So even with a tight bend radius it should work because even if you have some losses the fiber is so short that you don't have additional losses because of the length.

Also, for a short distance there's a tendency for problems not to become readily apparent because the signal's so strong. It may work even though it probably shouldn't.

 

[Bidule0hm]

In fact, just put a mirror in front of the ports, no need of fibers... :D

 

[jgreco]

In fact, just put a mirror in front of the ports, no need of fibers... :D

Aaaaaaand we have just created an optical hub style network. And we get to reinvent CSMA/CD, which was basically stripped out of ethernet when it went all switched.

 

[Bidule0hm]

Aaaaaaand we have just created an optical hub style network. And we get to reinvent CSMA/CD, which was basically stripped out of ethernet when it went all switched.

Well, at least there's no bend radius or fiber breakage to worry about... :D