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Thanks for all the links and help! The issue is cost and space, and all the products that will work seem to cost upwards of $3,000 and do a lot more than we need or take up a few rack units of space. I am probably going to build a small circuit to handle connecting two GBICs back to back. The pinout from molex was readily available and we can get CWDM GBICs these days for $400 or less and more normal frequencies for sub $150. Anyway, anyone who is interested in the final product send me email off-list and I'll keep you posted. -vb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mikael Abrahamsson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 7:21 AM Subject: Re: Gigabit Media Converter > > On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, Stephen J. Wilcox wrote: > > > Sounds like you need a singlemode-multimode convertor, available from various > > places, cost around $600 > > Highly unlikely that it'll do CWDM, at least at that price. > > Transmode (www.transmode.se) does converters to order, they'll fix things > that'll do pretty much any to any (850 / 1310 / (1490-1610) in any > combination) including 3R and management (which implies that you need > ethernet onsite which might be tricky). > > I'd believe they're more in the $3k-$5k range with CWDM optics though. If > you need OC48 that'll hike the price up even more. > > -- > Mikael Abrahamsson email: [email protected] >
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