Even though today repeaters and hubs are essentially same devices, it was not always this way. As it is clear from the name, main goal of repeater is to "repeat". Due to nature of electrical current,

Media converter's main task is to convert signal from one media type to another one. Most commonly it is used to convert signal between copper-based media (coax cable, UTP cable) and optical media (fi

Copper based cable connectors typically are connected to the cables using technology that will hold them together: punch-down, or crimping. Optical fiber requires more "gentle" approach for the proper

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<< Back to Step 7   In this step, ROADM - Reconfigurable Add/Drop Optical Multiplexer was added, which