RE: Extending network over a dry pair

[Chris Kimball <CKimball () misalliance com>]

HA! But the question is; does it pass?

^^^ and that was my official 'first post' beware my linked in requests now😊

-----Original Message-----
From: NANOG <nanog-bounces () nanog org> On Behalf Of Phillip Carroll
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 4:53 PM
To: nanog () nanog org
Subject: RE: Extending network over a dry pair

Whenever I have a dry pair I use fluke lube.

-----Original Message-----
From: NANOG <nanog-bounces () nanog org> On Behalf Of Blake Hudson
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 3:40 PM
To: nanog () nanog org
Subject: Re: Extending network over a dry pair



Nick Bogle wrote on 12/12/2018 3:25 PM:
> A quick question for you guys;
>
> If you had a single dry pair (pair of copper wires originally for
> phones) to a remote site that was around 6 miles away, what would you
> use? We currently are just extending a T1 line to this site, but
> 1.5Mbps isn't cutting it anymore. Unfortunately it's a research site
> on a federally protected wildlife preserve so we can't run any new
> infrastructure (fiber etc) and it isn't in a geographical place where
> point to point wireless is practical. We were thinking there is some
> sort of network extender that uses some form of DSL for higher
> bandwidth capacity.
>
> Any suggestions?

Blackbox makes a variety of different types of " network extenders" (aka
bridges) -
https://www.blackbox.com/en-us/products/black-box-brand-products/networking/extenders

As others have said, 6 miles might limit your bandwidth capacity.
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