Service providers offering Metro Ethernet services to their customers need a way to bridge the distance between the central office (CO) or point-of-presence (POP) to the customer’s premises. This is usually achieved by running fiber optic cable up to the customer premises or nearby. Since the customer premises and the vicinity around it, are typically wired with copper, there is a need for simple and affordable fiber to copper media conversion. RealTime 4-10/100 Base-TX ports Media Converter RMC-4EF is designed to cater this requirement.

The 4-port 10/100 Base-TX (UTP) to 100 Base-FX media converter RMC-4EF provides a media conversion between fiber optic and twisted copper pair segments. With 10/100 Base-T support, the converters provide seamless translation between Ethernet and Fast Ethernet networks and provide a robust, full wire speed switching fabric to integrate the different workgroups and LAN segments. A complete set of visual indicators allows for quick status verification of the Ethernet ports.