FMC -- Gigafoil -- EtherRegen Question

wil

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I've just run 100' of fiber, with FMC's at either end, from utility room to audio room. The plan is to use the fiber instead of the existing long run of ethernet.

My question is: would it make theoretical sense to place my Gigafoil in the ethernet run between the FMC and the EtherRegen switch?

As the Gigafoil is designed to filter EMI carried by ethernet , my thought is that perhaps it would serve to filter EMI produced by the FMC and traveling through the ethernet cable to the EtherRegen (which also filters EMI.

So, in essence, does it make sense to add another fiber optic filters between the two that are already there?
 
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jturbo

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I've just run 100' of fiber, with FMC's at either end, from utility room to audio room. The plan is to use the fiber instead of the existing long run of ethernet.

My question is: would it make theoretical sense to place my Gigafoil in the ethernet run between the FMC and the EtherRegen switch?

As the Gigafoil is designed to filter EMI carried by ethernet , my thought is that perhaps it would serve to filter EMI produced by the FMC and traveling through the ethernet cable to the EtherRegen (which also filters EMI.

So, in essence, does it make sense to add another fiber optic filters between the two that are already there?


As I understand, the Gigafoil if an E-O-E Ethernet to optical to ethernet converter, which is essentially what the Media converters are doing on each end of the fiber.

I expect that a LPS on the media converters will do the same job as the gigafoil and any residual EMI would be cleaned by the ER.

Maybe also just put the fiber directly into the ER and avoid the FMC on the ER side of the fiber run.
 

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