Yes, there is such a thing.... they are called managed media converters.... often used in Telecom space, not in-expensive such as a simple media converter..
e.g. https://www.perle.com/products/managed-media-converter.shtml?gclid=CjwKEAjw55K4BRC53L6x9pyDzl4SJAD_21V1Q3eg6hwdScGVJNiq0GbcyRnlgYClhtSresroU-l1NRoCjHzw_wcB Regards. Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet & Telecom 7266 SW 48 Street Miami, FL 33155 Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net > From: "Eric Kuhnke" <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: Wednesday, April 6, 2016 1:38:57 AM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] MikroTik FTC > I really wasn't trying to be condescending, it would actually be a useful > thing > to have a media converter that understood optic DOM and could be monitored... > Even if it only had a maximum of three or four OIDs to poll, for link status, > Rx power, link speed on the copper port. > But by the time one adds that functionality you have a $65 device vs. a $35 > media converter and it's basically the same cost as a cheap mikrotik router > with an SFP port. > On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 9:43 PM, George Skorup < geo...@cbcast.com > wrote: >> Fuck, I don't know. First time I heard about it. Didn't know if it was >> MikroTik's attempt at a "media converter" that's basically a two-port switch. >> That's why I asked. God damn, I asked a question and got an answer, but thank >> you for the condescending commentary. >> On 4/5/2016 11:28 PM, Eric Kuhnke wrote: >>> It's a media converter, over what IP data connection is it supposed to speak >>> SNMP or report DOM data from the optic? >>> On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 9:04 PM, George Skorup < geo...@cbcast.com > wrote: >>>> I was hoping it was managed so that we can monitor Rx power levels. Oh >>>> well. >>>> On 4/5/2016 10:54 PM, Stefan Englhardt wrote: >>>>> Cheap and works. >>>>> -------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- >>>>> Von: George Skorup <geo...@cbcast.com> >>>>> Datum: 06.04.2016 03:52 (GMT+01:00) >>>>> An: af@afmug.com >>>>> Betreff: Re: [AFMUG] MikroTik FTC
