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Review on High-Speed Single Mode LC WDM Single Fiber Bi-Di Gigabit Media Converter with 20km (12.42 Miles) Range by Aaron Charlton

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Simple, fast, reliable - only 1 fiber optic line required. Supplied as a kit, one at each end.

Excellent, easy and quick. I had a job where single mode fiber (1 strand) ran to the other side of the site and I didn't know what to use as I've always seen 2 pair fibre. Well luckily I found this little guy, very simple at each end, plug them in and that's it. Allowed me to use this old line to bring back an access point instead of a wireless repeater. WLAN speed increased from 8 Mbit/s on the repeater to 85 Mbit/s! Super easy - plug it in, the light comes on in a few seconds. Only 1 thread required - you can use this if you have 2 threads just buy two sets and then each thread can be a different network or link. Reliable - I've only used it for 3 months, in that time I've never had to reload it or anything like that. It was only demolished because someone cut the fiber optic line. I still have the device and will use it in the future if I ever need to.

Pros
  • great product
Cons
  • I'm nervous