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• The first truly redundant converter provides redundant connections of both the copper and fiber interfaces. Each media interface designates a primary and secondary port. If the link on the primary port fails, control elements of the converter will establish a link on the secondary port and this port will be used to carry the traffic.
  
• Only one port is active at a time, so the product does not interfere with the Spanning Tree Protocol.
  
• By providing redundancy at the physical level, failover switching is faster than that of Spanning Tree. This method also avoids the network traffic overhead associated with Spanning Tree implementations.
  
• Unlike other products on the market, the converter does not need to be re-set to continue to operate in a redundant mode.
  
• Each port operates independently, meaning that if failure occurs on the copper port, the fiber port is not affected, and vice versa.
  
• Designed with unique user-selectable N-Way Negotiation feature. Only Transition Networks guarantees compatibility with any 10/100 compliant port. This feature allows you to force the proper port configurations through an external switch on the converter, unlike competitive products that ship in Auto-Negotiation mode and may require both hardware and software configuration.

Applications

• Extend Network Distances: Use in pairs to extend distances between two twisted pair switches or a switch and a server up to 2,000 meters over multimode fiber or up to 20,000 meters over single mode fiber.
  
• Connect Remote Devices: Using one media converter, a switch with a copper port can be connected to a switch or any other Fast Ethernet compliant device with an existing fiber interface.

Transition Networks, Inc., 6475 City West Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55344. Tel: 612-941-7600; Fax: 612-941-2322.