[lug] Connecting to Fiber

[John Hernandez]

Strange place.  Is that 1000Base-SX?  If all the computers are within
one room, the cheapest (and easiest) solution might be to buy a
workgroup switch with a fiber uplink module.  Something like the
Linksys SR2024 and the companion SFP might suffice.

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 1:12 PM, gordon.golding at colorado.edu
<gordongoldin at aim.com> wrote:
> I need to put a number of computers in a place that is all fiber wall jacks.
>
> I was told I needed to "buy converters/adapters".
>
> But when I "go shopping" what I seem to see are combo fiber network cards -
> $110,
> and fiber jack to card cables - $22
>
> Is this the cheapest way to do this?
>
> Gordon Golding
>
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