Fiber optic interface question [7:36366]

2002-02-25 Thread Alejandro Acosta
Hello, I am about to purchase a Fiber Optic Interface; because this kind of cards are pretty expensive I prefer to ask you in order do not buy the wrong interface. Can I connect this two cards: PA-POS-OC3SMI and PA-A3-OC3SMI?. We are going to use single mode fiber and it is Mid Range. Thank

Re: Fiber optic interface question [7:36366]

2002-02-25 Thread Rob Webber
I am not completely sure, but I do not believe these two cards will interoperate. The PA-POS is a packet-over-Sonet module. Thus that box will look to frame the layer 2 frames as POS frames - and it will use the entire OC-3 for the one POS connection. The PA-A3 is an ATM module. It is looking to f