Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ingr!b11!goodloe
From: goodloe@b11.ingr.com (Tony Goodloe)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: FDDI (compatible) fiber repeaters and question
Keywords: FDDI repeater electro-optics
Message-ID: <5135@b11.ingr.com>
Date: 26 May 89 13:56:34 GMT
Organization: Intergraph Corp. Huntsville, AL
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Does anyone know of a device that has FDDI-multimode compatible I/O on
one side and any type of singlemode I/O on the other? The application:
we need to put some FDDI/Ethernet bridges 5 km apart. That is pushing
multimode a bit, so .. the need to convert to singlemode and then back
on the other end. Fibronix has such a device in their literature, but it
"is still in development." I got the literature in February or so - can
you say "early announcement." Another company is going to have a
singlemode interface for their box, but it will be a while. Can anyone
help? While on the subject of electro-optics - what is so special about
the FDDI optical tx/rx.It doesn't seem like 125 Mbaud is that incredibly
fast. What is it that requires "FDDI" optics? Why won't others do?

tony goodloe

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