Allied Telesis AT-MC104LH - Manual (Page 27)

AT-MC10x Series Media Converters Installation Guide
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Planning the Installation
Be sure to observe the following guidelines when planning the installation
of your media converter.
ˆ The end-nodes connected to the media converter must operate at
100 Mbps.
ˆ The two end-nodes connected to the ports of the media converter
must operate with the same duplex mode, either half- or full-duplex.
The media converter itself can operate in either mode.
ˆ The devices connected to the two ports on the media converter can
be a network adapter card, repeater, switch, or router.
ˆ Refer to Table 4, Table 5, and Table 6 for the twisted pair and fiber
optic port specifications.
Table 4. 100Base-TX Twisted Pair Port Cabling Specifications
Table 5. 100Base-FX Fiber Optic Port Specifications (Full-duplex)
Cable Type
Maximum Operating
Distance
Shielded or unshielded Category 5 or
better 100 m (328 ft)
Model
Type of Fiber
Optic Cable
Maximum
Operating
Distance
Maximum
Allowable Loss
Budget
AT-MC101XL 50/125 or 62.5/
125 micron
multimode 2 km (1.2 mi) 13 dB at 1310 nm
AT-MC102XL 50/125 or 62.5/
125 micron
multimode 2 km (1.2 mi) 13 dB at 1310 nm
AT-MC103XL 9/125 micron
single-mode 15 km (9.3 mi) 16 dB at 1310 nm
AT-MC103LH 9/125 micron
single-mode 40 km (24.8
mi) 16 dB at 1310 nm