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Network+ Exam

Fiber Cable Issues

October 29, 2025

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Fiber Cable Issues

incorrect trancivers - tranciver is a transmitter and recive in a sindle device combined into a single device that converts a network onection.

Router

Switch

SAN device

if fails, you can take out the old one and the new one. need to use the correct type of transiver.

they are designed to support a certan type of conenction and a certan type of cable.

reversesd tx and rx - this is the biggest issue in fiber based issues. most have two cables, one for tx and the other to recive. if you have a switch to a workstaton one is lables tx and the other is rx if you mix you won’t get a link to the switch.

Dirty fiber optic cables and connetorc can cause major performance issues, blocks the light.

dry cleaning- using light pressure while rubbing with a dry cleaning cloth in one diretion.

wet cleaning- moistining a pice a lint free cloth ith a fier optic cleaning cloution 90% alcahol. wet is more invaseive but ore helpful if fingerprints are on there, oil.

need to clean a dirty fiber if the db is going down.