SFP connectors, Fibre and Switches.
HI All.
Our client wants us to connect 3 switches with fibre.
At the moment the switch from the server room (Which has 5 servers in it) is connecting to the main switch in another room (30 meters away) with a single cat5 cable.
The other switch is similar in that it has 20 odd clients connecting to a single cat5 back to the main switch.
Their switches have 4 x SFP connectors so we wanted to connect these switches together with fibre.
My question(s) are as follows:
We can purchase an SFP to Fibre converter module but looking at the spec these are rated at 100Mbs
IS THAT CORRECT - 100Mbps - are we talking 10x's slower than a 1gb network port on the same switch - or am I getting well mixed up here?
Can we simply purchase 30 odd metres of fibre and plug it straight into the SFP converter module.
Finally - is a single fibre connection a two way connection or do you need two - one for each way - i.e. upstream and downstream.
I make no apologies for the basicness and naivety of these questions - this is new to us.
Thank you and Regards
Andy
Our client wants us to connect 3 switches with fibre.
At the moment the switch from the server room (Which has 5 servers in it) is connecting to the main switch in another room (30 meters away) with a single cat5 cable.
The other switch is similar in that it has 20 odd clients connecting to a single cat5 back to the main switch.
Their switches have 4 x SFP connectors so we wanted to connect these switches together with fibre.
My question(s) are as follows:
We can purchase an SFP to Fibre converter module but looking at the spec these are rated at 100Mbs
IS THAT CORRECT - 100Mbps - are we talking 10x's slower than a 1gb network port on the same switch - or am I getting well mixed up here?
Can we simply purchase 30 odd metres of fibre and plug it straight into the SFP converter module.
Finally - is a single fibre connection a two way connection or do you need two - one for each way - i.e. upstream and downstream.
I make no apologies for the basicness and naivety of these questions - this is new to us.
Thank you and Regards
Andy
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Hi Mikebernhardt
Thanks for the help.
Could you please explain what is single and multi-mode fibre please.
it Sage - Thank you - upon further investigation I can see that there are 1gb SFP adapters - I appreciate you pointing me in the right direction
Thanks for the help.
Could you please explain what is single and multi-mode fibre please.
it Sage - Thank you - upon further investigation I can see that there are 1gb SFP adapters - I appreciate you pointing me in the right direction
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Excellent answers - very helpful.
Hi,
There's a Chinese store that I like, fiberstore.com.
They specialize in SFP optical transceivers.
There's a Chinese store that I like, fiberstore.com.
They specialize in SFP optical transceivers.
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Thanks for the help and info.
All the switches are Netgear with 1gb ports - my confusion is not with the switches (but perhaps it is) but with the SFP modules - so for example - this from Ebuyer -
StarTech.com Cisco Compatible 100 Mbps Fiber SFP Transceiver Module MM LC w/ DDM - 2km (Mini-GBIC) - 1310nm 100Base-FX Multi Mode SFP LC
doesn't that tell me its 100 Mbps ?
And thank you for confirming that a single fibre is a two way connection.
Any guidance on those SFP adapters would be great.
Andy