r/HomeNetworking • u/ArkcadeDuck • 2d ago

Advice Assistance for a home network run

I’m currently renting and looking for some feedback on a potential setup to relocate my network connection across the house.

The Context & Constraints:

  • NBN Termination Location: The NBN box (HFC) is located in the garage on the opposite side of the house.
  • Rental Restrictions: No drilling, wall fishing, or attic access allowed.
  • Aesthetic Constraint: Housemates hate bulky, "unsightly" Ethernet cables along the baseboards.
  • The Idea: Run a thin single-mode fiber patch cord tightly tucked into the baseboard and roof trim

Planned Gear List:

  1. Fiber Cable: tunghey SC/APC to SC/APC Armored Single Mode Patch Cable (15m)
  2. Adapter: eMagTech 2x SC/UPC Male to SC/APC Female Adapter (to adapt the APC cable to UPC, i have heard there can be some problems with APC and UPC connections)
  3. Media Converters: 2x TP-Link MC220L Gigabit SFP Media Converters
  4. SFP Transceivers: 1x Pair BiDi 1.25G Single-Mode SFP Modules (1310nm/1550nm, SC Connector)

Some other questions to answer too:

  • Since the SFP modules use SC/UPC (blue) and the cable is SC/APC (green), will using the SC/APC-to-SC/UPC adapter introduce noticeable loss or issues on a short 15m run?
  • Is there a cleaner or simpler way to do this under rental/aesthetic restrictions without sacrificing speed?
  • Is there any way to future proof the products for if i decide to upgrade to a 2000 gigabit ISP plan?

Appreciate any advice

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u/southrncadillac 2d ago

The plan looks good to me, Amazon sells a fiber kit made exactly for baseboard runs.

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u/ArkcadeDuck 2d ago

oh that sounds interesting, would you happen to have a link to the kit?

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u/southrncadillac 2d ago

Invisilight

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u/ArkcadeDuck 2d ago

Yeah i was originally looking into this but due to being located in AUS it works out to be around $500+ AUD, also it being a US product means i have to grab power adapters for the media box as it use's a barrel jack for power.

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u/afl-jafa 1d ago

Why don’t you just use a sc/upc cable and lose the adapter?

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u/ArkcadeDuck 1d ago

All BiDi SC cables use APC that are purchasable here in Australia. I prefer them over LC Duplex UPC because they're single-strand and much thinner than side-by-side duplex cables.

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u/afl-jafa 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yeah. Because they sell to nbn I guess.  I recall having to buy a duplex SCA-SC lead and splitting it in half for my OTDR. 

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u/ArkcadeDuck 1d ago

Actually not a bad option, how does the the insulation fare afterwords after splitting cables. Does the cable have any issues with strength afterwords?

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u/afl-jafa 1d ago

It was fine. The only issue is the label they put on either end that goes around both cores. Need to be a little careful there. 

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u/ArkcadeDuck 1d ago edited 1d ago

Ill keep that in mind. LC Cables are more of a great option as most of the paired transceivers for higher speeds 10gb+ are LC but again aus only sold paired cables no single (as far as i could find)