Help decifering wires

gettica · 11-03-2008, 07:01 AM

Hello, we're moving into a new building that has some of the network infastructure still in place from the previous tenant, but I'm having difficulty figuring out what I'm looking at & how it fits in with the larger picture.

The building has two floors and there is an orange fiber optic cable running between the two floors. Printed on the cable is the following text: AMP Netconnect F.O. cable dist 6x62.5/125 E223000 Type OFNP (UL)c(UL) 04/48 R120439/11/04 02394

Downstairs, this cable goes into a rack-mounted black box (with dire warnings not to open it!). There is an SC to LC cable plugged into that box and the LC connection will fit nicely into my switch. No anticipated problems there.

Upstairs, this cable ends in six SC connectors. I'm not really sure what these connectors would have been plugged into...?

I want to connect this end to my other switch--product suggestions?

**johnwill** · 11-03-2008, 12:53 PM

You have a bunch of fiber connections, I'd take the model number of that box and find out it's specifications, because you need a fiber to Ethernet adapter of some sort connected to those SC connectors, which are fiber connectors.

11-03-2008, 07:01 AM	#1 (permalink)
gettica Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 2 OS: XP SP3	Help decifering wires Hello, we're moving into a new building that has some of the network infastructure still in place from the previous tenant, but I'm having difficulty figuring out what I'm looking at & how it fits in with the larger picture. The building has two floors and there is an orange fiber optic cable running between the two floors. Printed on the cable is the following text: AMP Netconnect F.O. cable dist 6x62.5/125 E223000 Type OFNP (UL)c(UL) 04/48 R120439/11/04 02394 Downstairs, this cable goes into a rack-mounted black box (with dire warnings not to open it!). There is an SC to LC cable plugged into that box and the LC connection will fit nicely into my switch. No anticipated problems there. Upstairs, this cable ends in six SC connectors. I'm not really sure what these connectors would have been plugged into...? I want to connect this end to my other switch--product suggestions?

11-03-2008, 12:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,802 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Help decifering wires You have a bunch of fiber connections, I'd take the model number of that box and find out it's specifications, because you need a fiber to Ethernet adapter of some sort connected to those SC connectors, which are fiber connectors. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience