As far as I know they aren't power, but they inject loss as a termination device. It should be a "wiring" issue. Feel free to ping me offline if you need more detail. The primary/protect is an equipment characteristic, not a splitter characteristic. You do have to "watch out" for providers that "forget" to drop in the protect or neglect to mention it, or charge more. It also depends where your gear is slung off the network i.e. a spur or a lateral to the network. -M At 11:09 PM 4/11/2001 -0400, Martin, Christian wrote:
Folks,
Sorry for the slightly off-topic post. Is anyone familiar with optical splitters that can run in a primary-backup mode in a passive way? The intent is to provide GigE redundancy between a host and a pair of switches. It needs to be able to switch over on a loss-of-link condition, and preferably switch back once the primary comes online. Does such a thing exist that runs without power? If not, is there a manageable, rackmount solution with telco-grade reliability?
TIA, chris
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