Media converters seamlessly convert between fiber optic Ethernet and copper Ethernet connections. Using fiber optics provides 3 key benefits:
- Distance - copper Ethernet is limited to 100m range. Fibre-optic links can extend up to 70km!
- Noise immunity - Ethernet communications can be disrupted in electrically noisy environments if standard Cat 5 / Cat 6 cabling is used. Fibre based communications are unaffected by electrical noise and as such are a much better choice for industrial installations.
- Security - Unlike a copper cable there is no radiated signal outside a fiber optic link. For this reason, fiber is sometimes used to prevent security breaches in military and other sensitive applications.
Select your application from the following options:
10/100baseT to 100baseFX fiber - FC7x00
- Interconnect 10baseT and 100baseT Ethernet equipment across point-to-point campus Singlemode or Multimode fiber
10/100/1000baseT to 1000baseSX/LX - FC5000
- Interconnect 1000baseT Gigabit Ethernet equipment across point-to-point campus Singlemode or Multimode fiber
100baseFX multimode to 100baseFX singlemode Ethernet Media conversion - FC2X00
- Interconnect 100baseFX multimode Fast Ethernet equipment across Singlemode fiber
1000baseSX to 1000baseLX Ethernet Media conversion - FC-GigE
- Interconnect 1000baseSX Gigabit Ethernet equipment across Singlemode fiber
