When it comes to choosing the perfect Plastic Fiber Optic Kit, there are many things that you need to take into consideration. This is because there are many different types and styles of these kits available on the market, and each one has its own unique set of features and benefits.
You already know that you want a highly reliable solution for your connection.
Tired of unreliable connections, of having a high ping, of the Wi-Fi not reaching you.
You also know that wiring your connection is more effective than any PLC repeater or wifi mesh.
You have discovered plastic fiber optics and you have decided on it when you see that it is the most practical and quickest solution to install.
Perfect, you’re on a good way to fix it.
And now? Which Snap Data kit is the best for you?
Today we want to answer the questions that arise when you find yourself at this point.
Let’s go there.
Do I have to have ruled out other options to bet directly on the FOP?
Not necessarily, the fact of using POF as a dedicated medium for transmission is a guarantee that the effective and theoretical speed will be the same.
Contrary to what happens with other repeaters, such as WiFi or PLCs, where the capacity shown is the theoretical maximum but it is never the real one that we will achieve, and that sometimes is far from the commercially indicated value.
What do I need to know to choose a Plastic Fiber Optic Kit?
Basically, you have to determine:
The number of devices you will need to connect directly to the RJ45 (ethernet) outlets
The number of access points you want to have
The cable distance you will need.
Think about the points where you need connectivity in your home and calculate approximately the meters of fiber you will need.
Determine approximately the meters of cable that are hidden in the walls, for this you must know at least the points through which the tubes of your electrical installation pass and locate the boxes.
That will help you calculate the meters. It should not be exact but it should be a little approximate.
You must also know the number of devices that you will connect at each point and the number of outputs and speeds available to the equipment to be connected.
For example, many smart TVs carry a card with a maximum speed of 100mbps.
What questions should I ask myself to choose a Kit?
You must know the network and Wi-Fi points that you need in your home, their locations, and above all, what is the type or connection scheme that best suits your type of home to achieve the highest performance (which is defined by the tandem speed/coverage) taking into account the fixed and mobile devices you have.
That is to say, analyze well where we need quality network connections, the more that can be wired with ethernet the better, and then distribute the local Wi-Fi coverage areas well to generate a wireless “cloud” that allows a very good connection at any point of the network. Home through local Wi-Fi transmitters.
What options do I have with FOP?
The basic and main option is to wire POF with one of the KITs available to fixed devices (TVs, desktop PCs, video consoles, NAS, etc.) and wire Wi-Fi access points that provide connectivity to mobile devices in those areas ( Smartphones, tablets, IoT gateways, etc.).
Likewise, all kits are expandable and Actselser devices can be purchased individually, so a good approach is important but never definitive.
What are the differences between the Snap Data kits?
The differences between the Kit’s Snap Data are the number of POF devices included that allow different network configurations (star, ring, or mixed), and the different number of inputs/outputs that will allow us to choose the right one for our network configuration.
At the speed level, we have the 100Mb Single kit; the rest of the kits all work at Gigabit speed.
Some kits incorporate a Wi-Fi transmitter to connect to the fiber receiving terminal that will give us local Wi-Fi coverage for the Wi-Fi equipment in that space.
This Wi-Fi can be purchased separately for any kit, and as many as desired can be installed to create enough local Wi-Fi networks and give full coverage to our home.
Within the same kit, the POF meters supplied also vary. You must choose the necessary meters according to the calculations of your installation. This point is important since the fiber run cannot be spliced as such, it can be fed back with a Daisy chain device, but never splicing two pieces of POF.
What cases is each of the Snap Data kits designed for?
The Kits are designed to support basic point-to-point installations to Point-Multipoint installations, and Daisy Chain or to be used as a backbone where different ethernet connections and WiFi access points can be provided.
- The Basic Kit and the Single Kit are Kits designed to go from one point to another. Generally from the router to a room or device without coverage or network.
- The Duplex Kit is for 2 points, and can be configured in cascade (link a room and from there to a second room); or by making the output of 2 independent POF lines from the router to two rooms without coverage (connection in “Y”).
- The Gold Kit and the Premium Kit are Kits for several extra points and their configuration is a star, although the Premium combines both: star and cascade. Obviously, these two kits have many different possibilities.
- The telework kits incorporate a WIFI point, but as we have indicated, this wifi can be used in any kit or device, since it is directly connected to an Ethernet port of the POF devices.
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