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Review on πŸ”Œ Single Mode SC WDM Single Fiber Bi-Di Gigabit Media Converter with Built-in Fiber Module - 20km (12.42 Miles) Range - Converts Fiber to UTP Cat5e Cat6 - Auto Sensing Gigabit or Fast Ethernet Speed - Includes 1 Pair by Drew Panah

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Speed ​​as advertised

I wasn't aware of this company but was looking for a replacement 100fdx device to achieve gigabit speeds over single mode simplex fiber (the device I replaced was Planet Fast Ethernet Bridge 10/100Base-TX). If you are looking for a solution beyond the sfp module, I recommend this device. After running a few tests with fiber, I consistently hit close to 900 Mbps with minimal to no packet loss. The test I used was a powershell script that wrote a dummy file to a mapped drive at the other end of the fiber. To ensure that 900Mbps is a hard drive limitation and not a media converter bottleneck, I ran the same test on the same network segment (not over fiber) and the results were comparable. Compared to the media converter, this one is replaced, runs cooler and appears to use less power, which surprised me given the speed advantage. charging port. This isn't a huge problem, it just takes a little effort to get the setup right.

Pros
  • Cool
Cons
  • Makes me nervous