[rescue] Fiber channel

[Joshua Johnston]

We had a guy from Graybar come in last year at my school, and he brought
a whole ton of equipment for the students to test and use.  Graybar's
tactics seem to be very Amway-esque, in that they like going around and
making pitches without any seeming expectation of commitment.  I don't
think it cost the school anything, and when he did that he brought a
bunch of fiber and Cat5+ stuff that the students put together.  I don't
know if they'd contribute that much, but it can't hurt to check.  

-----Original Message-----
From: rescue-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:rescue-admin at sunhelp.org] On
Behalf Of dave venable
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 10:35 PM
To: rescue at sunhelp.org
Subject: RE: [rescue] Fiber channel

could anyone suggust a supplier that could provide the fiber, connectors
and
the means to attach them? I would need about 40 connectors and about
100' of
fiber.

-----Original Message-----
From: rescue-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:rescue-admin at sunhelp.org]On
Behalf Of James Sharp
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 8:19 PM
To: rescue at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [rescue] Fiber channel


> I am working on a lab for my Network+ students, and was wondering if
some
of
> you could answer a question for me? If I install one of these cards in
2
> different computers, can I reverse the send and receive cables and
create
an
> Ethernet connection between the 2 systems?
>
>  http://www.pcsurplusonline.com/viewprod.cfm?ID=371
>

Yup.  You'd have a full duplex 10 Megabit ethernet connection.   And the
cards aren't fiber channel...they're merely 10BaseFL cards.  Fiber
channel
is an entirely different ball of wax.