Fiber to Ethernet Media Converter, What's your preference?
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I almost never actually need a media converter. It is almost always fiber to a switch or router, and those devices actually have SFP ports as noted.
I like the EdgeSwitch 10X for basic stuff.
And if I need PoE, the EdgeSwitch 8
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@JaredBusch said in Fiber to Ethernet Media Converter, What's your preference?:
I almost never actually need a media converter. It is almost always fiber to a switch or router, and those devices actually have SFP ports as noted.
It probably has a lot to do with the size of the network. When you have a lot of long distance stuff and a lot of fiber and cat 6 going here and there, you're more likely to end up with fiber in one hand and cat 6 in the other and no way to connect them.
Even if you have a switch, for some odd reason switches don't have enough SFP ports. And if you run uplinks over fiber then you already used some of the few you had.
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Thanks, this has been very helpful. I need to relocate a 1GBe ethernet connection, about 900 ft. Someday I may need a fiber switch with vLANs, but for now a couple of media converters make the most sense. I've used Allied-Telesis and Transition Networks in the past, have only looked at Startech, and am happy to see the other options here.
Thanks again!
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@JasGot said in Fiber to Ethernet Media Converter, What's your preference?:
a fiber switch with vLANs
These have nothing to do with each other.
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@JaredBusch Why not? I need to isolate an 8 port switch into 4 two port switches. It seems to me that VLANS are the perfect solution to that problem. I couldn't do that if I used a fiber switch without vlan capabilities.
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@JasGot said in Fiber to Ethernet Media Converter, What's your preference?:
@JaredBusch Why not? I need to isolate an 8 port switch into 4 two port switches. It seems to me that VLANS are the perfect solution to that problem. I couldn't do that if I used a fiber switch without vlan capabilities.
While that is a good use of a switch, that is not hat you just stated. Which was, that you don't need a switch, and a simple media converter will do.
How the fuck would a media converter help you now, if you need a switch and VLANs?
Needing a switch versus a media converter is one discussion. and makes sense as discussed in this thread.
Needing a media converter or VLANs does not.
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@JaredBusch said in Fiber to Ethernet Media Converter, What's your preference?:
that is not hat you just stated. Which was, that you don't need a switch, and a simple media converter will do.
How the fuck would a media converter help you now, if you need a switch and VLANs?My god, it is so hard to like you or appreciate you; you can be helpful one minute and an asshat the next.
This is how the fuck it will help me now:
@JasGot said in Fiber to Ethernet Media Converter, What's your preference?:
Someday I may need a fiber switch with vLANs, but for now a couple of media converters make the most sense.
Why would I spend $2k now when $200 will do the job for at least several years? And don't tell me a couple of switches are not that much more than media converters. The switches I WILL install are currently about $1k each. Unless you know what the customer demands are, what the customer budget constraints are, what my plans are, what the possible future objectives are, what the building layout is, and what the fiber install looks like, don't presume to know anything that would entice you to make that silly and asinine statement.
You're just out in left field on this one. You'd have been better off yelling at a tree.
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@Pete-S said in Fiber to Ethernet Media Converter, What's your preference?:
I've done it myself many times in the past but I think using an entire switch just for one or two ports make very little sense when you can get a good media converter for lot less than $100. A media converter is much smaller and more robust. Not bashing anyone.
In my case I needed the switch in the far side, so there was no waste.
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@Pete-S FS.com is where I got the SFP transceivers. I also got Extreme networks stacking cables, sfp and sfp+ transceivers and fiber from them. I got extras of all and was still way cheaper than oem. Been running for several years without issues.
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My reasons for a low-end switch with SFP ports was also due to warranty. Most of the stand-alone media converters have a 1 year warranty. I can get Netgear, D-Link, etc with a Lifetime Warranty. Made sense in my application.
