24 May
2004
24 May
'04
1:39 p.m.
At 06:15 p.m. 25/05/2004 +1200, you wrote:
You could stick a long-haul module in the switch at each end, and then run fibre for 100k without needing any power whatsoever. And then you don't need to recable when you want to go to DWDM.
I like light.
so do I - but the fo modules are expensive and don't let you connect up players along the way. We designed NIDs for residential use where we needed to avoid the cost of fiber or spread the cost of the fiber media converter over as many low cost connex as possible. I suspect that using a NID with nothing but a switch in it would allow you to go 1km on a single power feed. Must try it. So please don't watch SH1 too closely - I live in Tawa on SH1 :-)