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<p>With our range of rugged media converters, we provide several options DC, AC or PoE.<br>• &nbsp; &nbsp;18 to 32 V DC input<br>• &nbsp; &nbsp;90 to 265 V AC input with wide frequency range (47 to 65 Hz)<br>• &nbsp; &nbsp;The media converter can be also powered through Power Over Ethernet (PoE) as Powered Device mode. In that mode it will get its 48V from the LAN1 port.<br>• &nbsp; &nbsp;Note also that the media converter can serve as Power source Equipment. In that mode, it will get its usual 18 to 32V DC input and will provide 48VDC to the terminal device.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p>The optical power budget (in dB) in a fiber optic link is the difference between the power sensitivity of the transceiver receiver and the power output of the emitter.<br>Each couple of connectors generates transmission loss.<br>The cable generates also transmission loss, depending on the type of fiber, the quality of fiber, and the length of the cable.<br>Amphenol team is pleased to provide support for estimating your fiber power budget.</p> <p>For more information, read&nbsp;<a href="https://online.flippingbook.com/view/763483120/" target="_blank">our catalog dedicated to Rugged Media Converters.</a></p> <p>Any questions, please contact our&nbsp;<a href="https://support.amphenol-socapex.com/hc/en-gb/requests/new" target="_blank">Technical Support team</a></p>

<p>Generally speaking our media converters permit to deploy networks over hundreds of meters or several kilometers.<br>The max distance depends on several parameters such as: type of fiber multimode or singlemode, datarate, communication standards, number of connectors interfaces, quality of the fiber optic cable, optical budget.<br>The communication standards for fiber optic links are IEEE802.3.</p> <p>For more information, read&nbsp;<a href="https://online.flippingbook.com/view/763483120/" target="_blank">our catalog dedicated to Rugged Media Converters.</a></p> <p>Any questions, please contact our&nbsp;<a href="https://support.amphenol-socapex.com/hc/en-gb/requests/new" target="_blank">Technical Support team</a><o:p></o:p></p>

<p>The Amphenol media converters are Ethernet switches with fiber optic ports.&nbsp;They are unmanaged, plug and play.</p> <p>For more information, read&nbsp;<a href="https://online.flippingbook.com/view/763483120/" target="_blank">our catalog dedicated to Rugged Media Converters.</a></p> <p>Any questions, please contact our&nbsp;<a href="https://support.amphenol-socapex.com/hc/en-gb/requests/new" target="_blank">Technical Support team</a><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><strong>SNMP</strong>&nbsp;(Simple Network Management Protocol) and&nbsp;<strong>RMON</strong>&nbsp;(Remote Monitoring) provide a means to monitor and manage your network. Each SNMP device maintains Management Information Bases (<strong>MIB</strong>s) containing information about the operation and configuration of the device.</p> <p>Each MIB contains a variety of information such as:</p> <ul> <li>Information about the switch as a system: name, description, physical location;&nbsp;</li> <li>VLAN&nbsp;</li> <li>IGMP&nbsp;</li> <li>statistics&nbsp;</li> <li>and much more.</li> </ul> <p>If you have any questions about our Ethernet Switch and Media Converter, contact our <a href="https://support.amphenol-socapex.com/hc/en-gb/requests/new" target="_blank">Technical Support team</a>.<br>More information on <a href="https://online.flippingbook.com/view/763483120/" target="_blank">Rugged Ethernet Switch &amp; Media Converters catalog.</a></p>

<p>The&nbsp;<strong>mirroring feature </strong>is ideal for performing diagnostics by allowing traffic that is being sent to and received from one or more source ports to be replicated out a monitoring/target port.&nbsp;<br>Port mirroring is available both with managed switches and Ring switches.&nbsp;<br>Data is monitoring with a network monitor software.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;">If you have any questions about our Ethernet Switch and Media Converter, contact our <a href="https://support.amphenol-socapex.com/hc/en-gb/requests/new" target="_blank">Technical Support team</a>.<br>More information on <a href="https://online.flippingbook.com/view/763483120/" target="_blank">Rugged Ethernet Switch &amp; Media Converters catalog.</a><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><strong>VLAN</strong>&nbsp;can&nbsp;<strong>segregate traffic</strong>&nbsp;flowing through a switch to improve bandwidth utilization or security. Segregation is done based on membership in a group of ports (port-based VLANs) or on IEEE 802.1Q tags which include a VLAN ID (tag-based VLANs).</p> <p>A&nbsp;<strong>port-based VLAN</strong>&nbsp;limits traffic coming in a port to the group of ports to which that port belongs. For example, if ports 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 were placed in a port-based VLAN, broadcast frames coming in port 3 would be sent to ports 1, 5, 7, and 9 (which are members of port 3&#39;s VLAN) but not to ports 2, 4, 6, and 8 (which are not members).</p> <p>A&nbsp;<strong>tag-based VLAN</strong>&nbsp;limits traffic based on the VLAN ID in a &#39;tag&#39; associated with the frame. VLAN tags may be explicitly placed in frames by applications or switching equipment, or implicitly assigned to frames based on the switch port where they arrive.</p> <p>The VLAN feature is available on our managed switches.</p> <p>If you have any questions about our Ethernet Switch and Media Converter, contact our <a href="https://support.amphenol-socapex.com/hc/en-gb/requests/new" target="_blank">Technical Support team.</a><br>More information on <a href="https://online.flippingbook.com/view/763483120/" target="_blank">Rugged Ethernet Switch &amp; Media Converters catalog.</a></p> <p><o:p></o:p></p>

<p>The recommended method for accessing the switch is using a Web User Interface such as Internet Explorer.<br>This method is very simple. Just be careful by configuring the network parameters. Refer to the Managed Software user manual for details.</p> <p>Some models may also be accessed with a serial connection or also with a Telnet connection.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;">If you have any questions about our Ethernet Switch and Media Converter, contact our <a href="https://support.amphenol-socapex.com/hc/en-gb/requests/new" target="_blank">Technical Support team</a>.<br>More information on <a href="https://online.flippingbook.com/view/763483120/" target="_blank">Rugged Ethernet Switch &amp; Media Converters catalog.</a><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><strong>IGMP</strong>&nbsp;(Internet Group Management Protocol) allows hosts and routers to work together to optimize forwarding of&nbsp;<strong>multicast traffic</strong>&nbsp;on a network.&nbsp;<br><u>Without IGMP</u>, all multicast packets must be forwarded to all network segments.&nbsp;<br><u>With IGMP</u>, multicast traffic is only forwarded to network segments, which connect interested hosts.</p> <p>An<strong>&nbsp;IGMP snooping switch</strong>&nbsp;performs many of the functions of an IGMP router.&nbsp;<br>Periodically, routers and IGMP snooping switches in active mode send an IGMP Query on each attached network. (The query interval is generally around 1-2 minutes.)</p> <p>If you have any questions about our Ethernet Switch and Media Converter, contact our <a href="https://support.amphenol-socapex.com/hc/en-gb/requests/new" target="_blank">Technical Support team</a>.<br>More information on <a href="https://online.flippingbook.com/view/763483120/" target="_blank">Rugged Ethernet Switch &amp; Media Converters catalog.</a></p>