HELP continuation of FIBER to CAT 5 changeover has hit a brick wall

[Roscoe Pendoscoe]

I have been in here before and got help from you guys.

I have been working for some time on this and thought I had it licked.

Two metal buildings 150' apart that had been connected for years with
coax through a 2" PVC pipe.

One building is the "PLANT" which has 2 workstations only and the
other building "OFFICES"

First,I have went nuts trying to get my fish tape through this 150' 2"
PVC pipe to the point where I finally dug up 12' of the thing and
beat hell out of it to get the tape by a coupling.
(besides the fact the idiot who laid the pipe initially has 5 90's in
a continuous pipe)

I have a media convertor on each end (MILAN 180C) that the CAT 5 is
plugged into (a patch cord from a switch)

It is one meter long on the plant side, but 100' approximately on the
OFFICE side.

I get no signal with cat 5 up to 150' fiber between two media
convertors.

so it's CAT 5 from the main switch to a convertor, to fiber then a
convertor and a switch to the 2 stations in the plant.

Any ideas?


Finally now I get the new fiber in and connected and I get no activity
and no connection.

Any help here now would be appreciated.

Cat 5 from a switch 100' away to the media convertor at one end, and a
switch immediately right after the convertor at the other end.

Someone said I need a CROSSOVER CABLE from the switch to the
convertor. Also, with the one switch 100' away on one end does that
matter? Should I install a switch there at the point it changes over?


Help
Regards,

Roscoe aka MrShade

 

[Oktokie]

I have been in here before and got help from you guys.

I have been working for some time on this and thought I had it licked.

Two metal buildings 150' apart that had been connected for years with
coax through a 2" PVC pipe.

One building is the "PLANT" which has 2 workstations only and the
other building "OFFICES"

First,I have went nuts trying to get my fish tape through this 150' 2"
PVC pipe to the point where I finally dug up 12' of the thing and
beat hell out of it to get the tape by a coupling.
(besides the fact the idiot who laid the pipe initially has 5 90's in
a continuous pipe)

I have a media convertor on each end (MILAN 180C) that the CAT 5 is
plugged into (a patch cord from a switch)

It is one meter long on the plant side, but 100' approximately on the
OFFICE side.

I get no signal with cat 5 up to 150' fiber between two media
convertors.

so it's CAT 5 from the main switch to a convertor, to fiber then a
convertor and a switch to the 2 stations in the plant.

Any ideas?


Finally now I get the new fiber in and connected and I get no activity
and no connection.

Any help here now would be appreciated.

Cat 5 from a switch 100' away to the media convertor at one end, and a
switch immediately right after the convertor at the other end.

Someone said I need a CROSSOVER CABLE from the switch to the
convertor. Also, with the one switch 100' away on one end does that
matter? Should I install a switch there at the point it changes over?


Help
Regards,

Roscoe aka MrShade

If you have fiber optics cable running through the conduit pipe and have
all your gears connected, then you should be able to see the fiber
optics signal activity. I would not directly look at the fiber optics
cable but you can put paper to the fiber optic cable ends to be able to
glance red light source being emitted. If you see the red light then
that's working all right. Otherwise, I'd check the cable again. Just
remember that fiber optic cable is some what fragile to handling.

Good luck.

If you are anywhere near 07650 then I might be able to come out and help
you for day's worth.

Oktokie