Core cladding coating strengthening fibers and cable jacket.
Fiber optic cable connection diagram.
Fiber cable connector 10 fiber optic cable 29 fiber optic pigtail 3 fiber patch cable 20 mpo assemblies 6 fiber testers tools 25 fiber optic splicing 3 otdr 4 visual fault locator 1 fiber optic switch 30 how to 36 network solutions 182 copper network 12 ethernet cable 1 direct attach cable 7 active optical cable 1.
The individual cable breakouts and their duplex fiber optic connectors should be handled carefully to prevent damage or contamination from dirt.
Here you can see the individual fiber optic cables and copper conductors exiting the cable s armored jacket and the rugged sealed fitting on the cable for the distribution box.
This is the physical medium that transports optical signals from an attached light source to a receiving device.
Fiber optic cable diagram.
The fiber optic cable is a bit more expensive than cat 5e and terminations are a little more too but the big difference is the electronics which are 200 or more per link extra for fiber.
Basic construction of a fiber optic cable core.
However the real difference comes if you use a centralized fiber optic network shown on the right of the diagram above.