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- From: bennett@dstos3.dsto.gov.au
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.sys.cisco
- Subject: Re: Backbone in a box: how to mount all those transceivers
- Message-ID: <1992Dec14.154506.165363@dstos3.dsto.gov.au>
- Date: 14 Dec 92 15:45:05 CST
- References: <ByLBoz.MFK@The-Star.honeywell.com> <1992Dec4.124937.24602@newstand.syr.edu>
- Organization: Defence Science and Technology Organisation
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- In article <1992Dec4.124937.24602@newstand.syr.edu>, jmwobus@newstand.syr.edu (John M. Wobus) writes:
- >
- > 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
-
- I don't know about proud, but it is sorta neat..
-
- Our cisco is rack mounted, and my staff made trays with holes in them, and
- mounted the transceivers on the trays using cable ties/straps/whatever you
- call them. It's not brilliant, it's not very compact, but at least things
- don't float around. A quick and not-too-dirty approach.
-
- The trouble with standalone transceivers is that they are made nice shapes
- without mounting lugs, so they're not easy to mount. I sure like the idea of
- a brace of them in an enclosure, like modems.
-
- Regards,
-
- John Bennett bennett@dstos3.dsto.gov.au
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