Friday, May 24, 2013

Media Converters

Media Converters 

  • used to convert from one form of media to another
  • most typical is to convert between copper cabling and fiber optic cabling 
CSU/DSU
  • Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit 
    • a hardware device which converts data frames used on a LAN into data frames uesd on a WAN
    • typically used to connect a T1 line to a local network

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