1000Base-Sx to 100Base-T ?

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 Question by John Graham posted 12 Mar 2001
 1000Base-Sx to 100Base-T ?
I have 2 facilities w/ 100BaseT networks that I need to connect together. The facilites are connected via fiber. What are my alternatives to to convert the media from 100BaseT to 1000BaseSX so I can use the fiber link? Thanks in advance!!
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 Answer by Roman Kitaev posted 14 Mar 2001
Hello, John!

I think your best option is to use media converters.

Some of good manufacturers are below:

Transition Networks (www.transition.com)
IMC Networks (www.imcnetworks.com)

Do not forget to check what fiber you have: single mode or multimode; attenuation; bandwidth.

Best regards
Roman Kitaev, RCDD

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