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CHAPTER 3: Installation
3.3 Typical Applications
Once you’ve set the MDI/MDI-X buttons and N-Way
switches on the Transmitter and Receiver, you’ll need to
determine which application you’ll use. See Figures 3-3
through 3-5.
E
XAMPLE
1: C
ONVERTER
F
UNCTIONING AS A
H
IGH
-S
PEED
B
RIDGE
B
ETWEEN
S
WITCHES
In the application below, the converter is functioning as
a high-speed bridge between switches. This creates
increased capacity for each user (node) on the local
area network. It provides a 100-Mbps full-duplex link to
a variety of Fast Ethernet network devices within a LAN.
Figure 3-3. Converters connecting two LAN switch workgroups.
UTP
UTP
328 ft.
(100 m)
328 ft.
(100 m)
328 ft.
(100 m)
328 ft.
(100 m)
Fast Ethernet switch
Fast Ethernet switch
100BASE-TX to
100BASE-FX Media
Converter
Transmitter
100BASE-TX to
100BASE-FX
Media Converter
Receiver
UTP
Single-mode fiber cable
(LH1709A-SCTS, LH1710A-SCRS: 12.4 mi. [20 km];
LH1711A-SCTS, LH1712A-SCRS: 24.9 mi. [40 km])