How does the XFP transceiver differ from the protocol converter?
The XFP transceiver is only used for photoelectric signal conversion, and protocol converters are used to convert a protocol to another. XFP transceiver is a physical layer device, is the fiber into twisted pair device, there are 10/100 / 1000M conversion. Protocol converter there are many, most of which is basically a two-tier equipment, often encountered a RAD protocol converter is 2M E1 line into V.35 data lines connected to the router equipment, of course, 2M turn Twisted pair Ethernet, with 2M communication lines can be achieved within the scope of remote access and expansion. These two kinds of equipment on its maintenance is not much, as long as not burned generally not bad. A router is a three-tier device, and you need to master the knowledge of many router configurations. Different brands use different methods, you need to have targeted learning. XFP transceiver is a short distance twisted pair electrical signals and long distance optical signal in...