The 8port GigE switch that I referenced above has both SFP and copper interfaces, mounts on a DIN rail and is hardened. It's also only $199.
Sure - it's twice as many ports as you need, but that may come in handy down the road. Anything keeping you from trying this model? Josh On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Mark Radabaugh via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: > At $4.10 it's not great, but I would probably go for it. Biggest driver > for me would be the single cable up the tower and the ease of securing that > cable. I used to do 'box at the top' and moved to individual runs to the > base. The cabling is a nuisance with everything at the bottom which is why > I am looking at going back to the 'box at the top' method. I have not > found a great deal of difference in equipment survival either way. > > As for switches I'm considering doing 2 of these to serve 4 AP's - > http://www.garrettcom.com/csg14.htm Using simplex SFP's I can use one > fiber for each convertor. So far I have not found a 4 port GigE + 1 SFP > extended temperature DIN rail mount switch. Still looking. > > Mark > > > > On 9/28/14, 11:00 AM, Chuck Hogg via Af wrote: > >> I have requested pricing on this as well. I think that in the end, it >> was overly expensive (something like 4x the cost of doing 2 split runs, >> $4.10/ft or something like that). If we could get that even within 15% of >> what I'm paying now, I'd be happy. >> >> Regards, >> Chuck >> >> > -- > Mark Radabaugh > Amplex > > m...@amplex.net 419.837.5015 x 1021 > >
