Fibre Optic Testing

Test tools are different.

Premises Local Area Network (LAN) networks differ from their long-haul Wide Area Network (WAN) cousins in several ways. 

First, multimode fibre dominates in premises applications. 

Second, premises link lengths are relatively short with few or no splices.

Third, optical loss events are closely spaced and the number of terminated links to test is large. 

For example, it's not unusual for the number of links to exceed 1,000, especially when the installation includes fibre in the horizontal to desktops. For these reasons, the tools you use to test LAN networks will be different from those you use to test WAN networks. But knowing which one to use and when can be a challenge if you don't know what you're looking for.

Fibre Optics | Fibre Termination |  Fusion Splicing | OTDR Testing | Installation