Fiber Media Converter Network Diagram

As it is more of a commonplace to deploy a pair of fiber media converters in a network a single media converter is sometimes needed to link copper cabling to a fiber device.

Fiber media converter network diagram.

The media converter can then extend your network up to 20 km 12 4mi using single mode lc fiber optic cable. If needed the included sfp module lc fiber connector can be removed from the media converter and be replaced with a transceiver module with different specifications. A fiber to fiber media converter can extend a mm network across sm fiber with distances up to 160km. There is no true standard symbol shape for a media converter since that is generally viewed as an interface level item.

In this application two gigabit ethernet switches equipped with mm fiber ports are connected utilizing a pair of gigabit fiber to fiber converters which convert the mm fiber to sm and enable the long distance connection between the switches. For fiber optic media converter that has a sfp sfp or xfp transceiver interface. The connection between the two media converters is a little bit different from the others. The standard media converter does not require a web interface and essentially convert signals from ethernet to fiber.

Most network diagrams tend to show entire devices instead of individual interfaces and leave layer 1 connections as a simple line. In the figure below a fiber media converter with 1 sfp slot and 1 rj45 is applied connecting the ethernet switch switch b of all rj45 interfaces to an sfp switch. The two fiber media converters should be supported by electricity.