At 01:20 AM 7/18/2003 +0000, Bill wrote: >Just learning basics of fiber communication. I am not sure about which fiber >cable I saw but it was orange
FWIW, the MM cables we use are usually orange and the SM cables yellow. Not sure if this is a general rule though... :))) > and basically connected two 3550's together. Unfortunatly the type of the cable depends on the GBIC, not the box itself. In fact as we saw here recently, the GBIC type and the cable type doesn't even need to match. >The fiber had two connectors on each side. I guess that's a pretty standard solution... although it is possible to transmit and receive on the same fiber, isn't it? Never seen one of those though. > One was blue and the other was red. This is unfortunately not the case with every fiber cable, although it could come handy sometimes. >How is it normally connected? I guess the switch ports are receive and >transmit. Yes. > So, does that mean if you connect red on the left port on one >switch, you would connect the red on the other side of the cable to the >right port of the switch? Probably. Unless the cable manufacturer wants to intentionally screw you and assigns the colors randomly... :) Thanks, Zsombor >Thx >bill Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=72548&t=72544 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
