Via the build-in DIP-switches, the converter can be configured as 3-Port Ethernet switch or 2-Port Redundant media converter. With the 3-Port Switch mode, it can operate Store-and-Forward mechanism with high performance, and it can also prevent packet loss via IEEE 802.3x Flow Control (Full-Duplex) and Back Pressure (Half-Duplex).
With the 2-Port redundant Mode, it provides less than 10ms redundancy of link for highly critical Ethernet applications. The redundant-mode supports auto-recover function. If the destination port of a packet is link down, it forwards the packet to the other port of the backup pair.
The SFP slot supports single-mode, multi-mode and WDM small-form factory type transceiver modules for various applications. The FT-1105A is with high reliability and flexibility to extend the distance up to 2km, 20km or longer. It depends on the 100Base-FX SFP transceiver modules, the Ethernet signal that allows two type segments connect easily, efficiently and inexpensively.
The converters can be used as a stand-alone unit or as a slide-in module to the PLANET Media Converter Chassis, MC-700, MC-1000R and MC-1500. As the other PLAENT FT-Series media converters, they're hot swappable in MC-Chassis.
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