Ethernet Fiber Media Converter

As more and more networks are upgrading to fiber optic internet services, a unique kind of dilemma is emerging.

Where the heck do you hook up the fiber optics? After all, to get true fiber optic resolution and fidelity, it should “plug in” directly, not have to be channeled through several connections and devices. However, this is what happens.

Often users will have both an Ethernet internet connection as well as a newly installed fiber optic cable connection, often provided by their cable/phone/internet company as a bundled service. A similar situation happens when a telecom company decides to deliver both internet and voice services through fiber optic cables. The phone can easily convert voice signals with the help of a few devices, but the computer that needs to be connected to the internet needs converters, too. After all, there are no personal computers being shipped right now with fiber optic ports; all we get are Ethernet ports. Thus, the need to convert fiber optic transmissions to Ethernet transmissions arises. This need is covered by utilizing an Ethernet fiber media converter that converts light signals into electrical signals and vice versa.

Most Ethernet fiber media converters have the distinction of being able to cope with various kinds of fiber and Ethernet connections. So far, Ethernet fiber media converters are available as multi-mode, single mode and single strand fiber optic connections, while the range of Ethernet connection output varies.

Using an Ethernet fiber media converter is as simple as plug and go. A fiber optic cable is inserted into one port while an Ethernet cable is inserted into another port. Power to the device is from a regular electricity output socket. Using an Ethernet fiber media converter is technically not more demanding than using a wireless router or other similar device.

Advantages

Fidgeting around with fiber optic cable is far more demanding than fidgeting around with Ethernet cables or regular data transmission cables for television. Consequently, if some would-be DIY enthusiast were to figure out some way to make fiber optic cables work well with Ethernet end connections, it simply would not work. Any mishandling of the fiber optic cable would ensure that all the connections downstream would run out of internet juice before you knew it. The Ethernet fiber media converter is the best solution currently available to all of the problems mentioned above, because it simply converts fiber optic signals into Ethernet signals and the other way around.

Another important thing to keep in mind is that these Ethernet fiber media converters offer the end user the data transfer rates of fiber optic cables but use Ethernet cables instead. Hence, there is little use for utilizingexpensive conversion equipment to use fiber optic internet with your personal computer. An interesting question arises here, if Ethernet cables can service data transfer rates of fiber optic cables, then why not use them to transmit internet? Well simply because you would need boosters and amplifiers every hundred meters or so. It is just as simple as that. Overall, the cost of a million boosters and amplifiers in an internet circuit is far greater than the cost of fiber optic cable.

Overall, the Ethernet fiber media converter is a far cheaper and simpler option to utilizefiber optic data connections using Ethernet ports.

This guest post has been contributed by Calvin Scott. Calvin is a tech geek and has a passion for Internet marketing. Visit his site for Glasvezel Almere and Glasvezel Internet.