UFiber and Fiber

• Faster: Ubiquiti products offer speeds up to 10 Gbps.
• Further: Ubiquiti products offer distances up to 10 km. Copper LAN cabling is limited to 100m.
• Voltage Isolation: Sometimes running a copper (LAN) cable between buildings is unwise if there is a potential DC voltage difference between the buildings due to grounding. The DC potential can cause copper Ethernet interfaces to fail; especially in a lightning storm. Fibre connections are non conductive so avoid this completely.

Single-Mode & Multi-Mode Fibre

• Multi-Mode: generally has higher bandwidth, but lower distance limits.
• Single-Mode: generally has lower bandwidth, but higher distance limits.

SFP Modules

UFiber

The UFiber range offers a centrally managed system that is ideal for reticulating fibre within a building or campus.

The 'headend' is the UFiber OLT. This would typically sit in the basement of a multi-story building.

The 'client' devices are the UFiber Nano or Loco devices. These would typically be located in each apartment/floor/office of the building.

The single fibre leaving the OLT is split into multiple separate fibres to each Nano/Loco by using passive optical splitters. These splitters are un-powered.