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Product Description

Now you can break the distance barrier of Ethernet based Local Area Networks and achieve total system safety from electrical interference and surges. The addition of a pair of Model 370's allows your LAN to be extended to a distance of 2KM, 6,600 feet (over 1 mile). Thus LAN's can be spread to other buildings and facilities. When this is attempted with coax wires and repeaters there is usually concern with electrical interference from other equipment, ground loops, surges and lightning which may strike in the vicinity of the cable link. These potential problems all disappear with the Model 370 LAN Spreader since the connection between the server and workstations is glass fiber and impervious to all of these disturbances. The full duplex signals of the AUI port are converted to light and driven over the fiber cables. The AUI port power pins, which normally provides power for a transceiver, are used by the Model 370 to operate its circuitry, thus relieving the user from dealing with DC power or AC power adapters. A group of five LED's provide indication of Transmit Data, Receive Data, Link Status, Jabber and Collision. An SQE switch allows operation with both older and newer Ethernet adapters with regard to the Jabber signal.

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