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- From: dennis@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Doug Dennis)
- Subject: Re: Backbone in a box: how to mount all those transceivers
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- Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
- References: <ByLBoz.MFK@The-Star.honeywell.com> <1992Dec4.124937.24602@newstand.syr.edu>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 15:38:38 GMT
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- In <1992Dec4.124937.24602@newstand.syr.edu> jmwobus@newstand.syr.edu (John M. Wobus) writes:
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- >In cases where someone is running one or more AGS+s in one room, with lots of Ethernets
- >extending away from them through fiber, I've seen two ways of mounting the transceivers:
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- >(1) Mini fiber transceivers that mount right on the AUI connectors on the back of the box.
- >(2) A god-awful stack of transceivers sitting all over the place.
-
- >Guess which one we have? :-)
-
- >Mini fiber transceivers look like an attractive way to do it. It would be nice if there
- >were "rack mount" transceivers like there are for bays of dial-up modems--or it would be
- >nice if Cisco offered built-in transceivers in the AGS+. You could build racks for the
- >transceivers, but some companies put status lights on the sides of the transceivers so
- >they would be hidden.
-
- >What do other such sites do? Anyone have anything they are proud of? That gives them
- >little trouble?
-
- >John Wobus
- >Syracuse University
-
- Thank you John!
-
- I've been thinking the same thing. So far I have been mounting Allied
- Telesis mini FOT's (MX-25F) to every second ethernet port on our AGS+. When
- the time comes I am going to use short transceiver cables on the alternate
- ports, so that I can see the FOT LEDS. If anybody has found a better way,
- I'd be interested in hearing about it as well.
-
- Doug Dennis
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