Fiber in the homelab: An introduction to fiber
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- An introduction to the world of fiber for the home and homelab. We will explore the different types of fiber and fiber optics including SFP, SFP+, QSFP+, QSFP28, and more.
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It continues to blow my mind that i am one of only a few hundred people who are watching these videos. I can’t imagine it stays that way for long.
He is new on TH-cam, will explode in the scene eventually.
Thanks for the comments! Indeed the homelab area has lots of big names doing cool stuff. I'm working on figuring out the direction I want to go - I tend towards the more technical (thus the series on the 68030 design), but I'd like to also have some more focus some of the introductory topics. Don't hesitate to comment and suggest area that are interesting, and in particular any areas that could benefit from a deeper dive.
@@jeffsponaugle6339I’d love to hear about your IT career journey and how you got started and where you ended up. Tips or advice on what steps to take would also be awesome. I’ve been doing entry level IT work for about 3 months now and I’m loving it and definitely wanna see what I can do with it career wise ! Love the videos !
@@jeffsponaugle6339 personally I'm interested in basic things but covered entirely and in a manner where everyone can understand, just as you did in your previous videos. While there are lots of videos covering those topics separately, it is hard for someone that doesn't know where to start to find what to look for.
Of all the developers I know and work with, precisely zero have any optical stuff in their house (excluding the actual internet incoming fiber). It's still super niche.
Do not ever stop sharing your knowledge with the internet.
this channel is about to blow up soon. it’s only a matter of time when algorithm starts to algorithm
This was everything to get me started. Currently transfering a backup at 100Kb/s, slowly working towards a new NAS and 10g fiber :)
I love how casually there is an r32 in the background
Yea I dont know how else to echo what everyone else has said beyond +1
I see the Homelab community as a huge growing point going forward as a great way to get introductory skillset into the world of IT, without having to shell out the cost of an Associates or Bachelors degree. Please continue the content! You inspired me to properly rack my homelab, and finally get a UPS in place.
It doesn't replace the need for computer science/software engineering education but in terms of infra it's great.
Maybe a little story next about your IT carrier so far? You have impressive explanation talent and you are some of the most well rounded people in the technical field. I guess some sort of electrical engineering background?
Crazy that you have so much knowledge and share it so easily, your single handedly help my career and feeding my family, sounds crazy to put it that way.....
Ty for explaining everything in so much detail
You explanation is really good. It shows that you know what you are talking about. Have you ever considered making a series about networking? How to start building your homelab?
Yea, I am putting together a networking roadmap since there are lots of interesting things to cover!
as an EEE student, I am utterly impressed by the things I see in his lab😂😂😂😂
From my expereince in Fiber, for your home, now always do singlemode. Its way more versatile, the fiber itself is cheaper in many cases now. Just the Trancivers may be more costly However we are talking a 5-15 buck difference for anything up to 25g. Further yes you may only need the shorter ranges, but as you mention you often need MPO or other types of connectors for higher transferspeeds. Whereas with Singlemode you can go from 100m to 800Gb on the same singlemode LC duplex fiber. Which you cant on Multimode. So if you go out to day and don't want to worry, do Singlemode all the things.
Further there is the hedace of which OM version to chose. Higher versions cost more money on the fiber side which often make the costsavings of the SFP irrelevant.
Amazing!!! Keep making this content, this is wonderful!
That's crazy I was looking for something like this couple days ago
Jeff, you are my hero. Keep up the amazingly informative content!
Epic! I have my serverroom in a separate building which is ~150m away from where our VDSL line enters the house. It only peaks at ~75mbit/s, so I have the WAN connection going to the serverroom through a VLAN, since with my great vision for the future I only ran one cable there. We should be getting fiber soon with up to 8gbit symmetric speeds, so running some fiber is definitely on my todo list.
Thank you for making videos like this! My homelab is a relatively new obsession of mine and you have helped me understand fiber so much more
Golden nugget of info towards the end about EEPROM with vendor coding and abilility to r/w it sometimes. 🙏🙏🙏
Yea, I am going to do a video about this specific topic.. There are some interesting things some vendors have done to make these vendor ids harder to replicate.
Damn one Day, One Day I'm going to have a Homelab as well.
your videos are really helpful and encouraging for me with my small homelab, they help demystify topics and make things seem not so difficult. thank you.
ty sir.
Good stuff Jeff!
Awesome!!!
Great job man, liked and subscribed!
Incredible amount of information
I miss pulling wire with you Jeff :)
-Job
I mentioned you in the video I just posted! Good times indeed!
Liked and subscribed, thanks for this video sir !!
Jeff, what did study in school? it seems you studied the whole engineering department lol
How about the modules that include ONT so you can connect directy the fiber from the ISP?
Please can you show us what you have set up with fibre. Where does it go from and to and why? Thanks so much for the very informative video
Yes, I am going to do a video on this exact topic - in particular what I ran, how I ran it, and the good and bad of that experience.
Very informative, thank you
I LOVE FIBER CHANNEL
Jeff Gluon, I'm proud of you
Thanks, Jeff! Your homelab videos are fantastic and offer really excellent insight. I'd like to know more about how you terminate fiber runs between rooms and buildings. I'm planning a home fiber install and I'm not clear on whether I should use keystone jacks, a simple brushplate, or some other standard (or clever) way to go about this. What's your approach?
That is exactly what I am doing in the next video! I'll walk thru what I did, what worked great and what didn't work so great. Thanks!
I wanna build small 2.5/10 gig local network using rj45 to usb nic on realtek chip that can make 2.5 gig, extra small chinese switch that has two sfp+ 10 gig and four rj45 2.5 gig.
Please tell me what to choose X520-DA2 or X540-T2 for server?
I think X520-DA2 the best way with ~3m DAC cable.
upd: and for desktop if I choose X520-DA1 (or DA2) for 20-25m away from server I need single or multimode fiber?
your videos it's so helpful but take it easy "upload way"✌✌✌✌
Hey! Keep making the amazing content. It is truly amazing and so informative. Could you please make a patron or just have a channel join button, I would love to help support the great content.
I worry about the heat generated by the ethernet over copper SFP+ modules which has me leaning towards investing in some optical cabling and modules.
Ah yes, I meant to mention that. The copper SFP+ modules use a ton of power and create a lot of heat.. so much that I suspect many switches could not handle every port having a copper SFP+ module.
@@jeffsponaugle6339 Yeah I think will only use them for connecting switches - I'm amazed at how relatively inexpensive optical sfp modules, switches and pci cards can be. Especially if you're happy to get some used parts.
talking about single-mode fiber being more expensive. My provider uses single-mode fiber, some cheap fiber cables and cheapest connectors you can find out there, not to mention some of the most primitive equipment for preparing and crimping the connector, they deliver up to 1 Gbit/s contracts to this day. I think that if you are looking for a cheaper solution, crimping your own cables is the way to go, since I am personally not sure where you would need more than 1 Gbit connection in your homelab.
Jeff, have you thought about setting up a discord server and git repos?
I just need asus to start selling routers with fiber in
fiber optic cable. high speed internet access.