[80399] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: OC3 to Gig-E conversion
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Miquel van Smoorenburg)
Fri Apr 29 21:46:30 2005
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From: "Miquel van Smoorenburg" <miquels@cistron.nl>
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 01:45:24 +0000 (UTC)
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In article <cistron.20050429230504.GH696@overlord.e-gerbil.net>,
Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net> wrote:
>
>On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 05:20:21PM -0400, Peering wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> > Is there something out there (other than a router) that will convert
>> > from OC3c to Gig-E? Feel free to answer offline, don't want to fill
>> > everyone's inbox at once :)
>
>If you are looking for something that will actually convert native
>ethernet frames to native sonet frames, you are pretty much SOL.
If you have an OC3 circuit and just want to see GigE on both
sides, use two RIC-155GE boxes - one on each side.
http://www.rad.com/Article/0,6583,21840-GbE_over_STM-1_OC-3_Intelligent_Converter,00.html
"The RIC-155GE is an intelligent converter enabling simple, efficient and
cost-effective bridging of Gigabit Ethernet over STM-1/OC-3 lines."
I have no idea how well this works or what the costs are ..
Mike.
