[olug] OT: Sonet fiber optic converter

[Brian Roberson]

http://www.sonet.com/

I guess the first question would be, what exactly does it connect to? an
upstream ISP? a telco? another building?
And then the second would be, what are you wanting to do with it? transport
ip? transport voice? to a carrier? to another building?




----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Penne" <epenne at yahoo.com>
To: <olug at bstc.net>
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 9:49 AM
Subject: [olug] OT: Sonet fiber optic converter


> My company is getting fiber optic put into our building.  I was told it
> was a SONET network.  I don't exactly know what that means but I still
> need to find out about hardware for it.  Specifically I am looking for
> a fiber optic converter so I can plug this in to our existing router.
> I'm having a hard time finding what I need because I don't know the
> terminology.  Could somebody point me to a place on the web that I can
> look at hardware for this application and maybe give me some hints as
> to what to look for in this type of hardware?
>
> Please reply off list to epenne at ieee.org since this is OT.
>
> Thanks
> Eric Penne
>
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