100Base-F

[papicken]

A telco is going to supply a MAN as 100Base-F. I am trying to figure out how to get that into a 6509 and 4507R with only GBIC (no SFP).Does Cisco make a 100Base-F GBIC? Can a GBIC slot even run at 100? I would like to avoid external media converters.

[paolo bevilacqua]

I''m not aware of any 100base-FX GBIC transceivers in the industry, so either you get a 100base-FX board for the switches, or add a switch with SFP ports, or use a media converter.

Hope this helps, please rate post if it does!

[papicken]

Yeah, I was afraid of that. Maybe I can get the telco to supply the MAN as 100Base-TX. The demark extensions would be less than 150 feet. Thanks.

[paolo bevilacqua]

Absolutely. Worst case the media converter will be at their end and their responsibility. Thanks for the rating and good luck!