This is possible because these cards are dual-port, featuring both a multimode fiber connection and a copper Ethernet (10/100TX) connection. Furthermore, the Power over Ethernet (PoE) copper port delivers up to 15.4W of power, allowing the NICs to power any device using the PoE standard (IEEE 802.3af).
The new cards also offer higher performance than conventional NICs and incorporate PCIe bus interfaces used in most modern computers. They also provide connectivity flexibility
with support for ST, SC, and MT fiber connectors.
The AT-2716FX/TP/SC, AT-2716FX/TP/ST, and AT-2716FX/TP/MT cards are shipped with a Windows-based software utility that allows bridging the copper and fiber ports, ensuring data prioritization. This enables devices such as IP cameras and VoIP phones to be connected via the copper port, guaranteeing high-quality, prioritized traffic over the fiber link.
Furthermore, these network cards offer a variety of configurations, such as fiber optic cable for long-distance connections and access to a copper port connection, making them highly secure and reducing the cards' vulnerability to sniffers or hacking devices via the copper port. Regarding
this launch, Melvyn Wray, Senior Vice President of Marketing for EMEA at Allied Telesis, commented: “Thanks to our family of PCIe Fast Ethernet fiber network cards with PoE ports, Allied Telesis now offers its customers the ability to simplify the process of transmitting high-performance VoIP over fiber with an easy-to-manage solution.” He adds: “With conventional solutions, IT administrators have to install two cards inside the PC, each with its own drivers, or they have to implement fiber optic connectivity through an external switch. This makes data prioritization in VoIP extremely complicated, since voice data has to communicate between both cards over the computer's internal backplane bus, bypassing the CPU, hard drive, CD/DVD drive, and graphics card. For this reason, the AT-2716FX series of NICs stands out in the market as a high-performance, low-cost alternative.”
The new cards also offer higher performance than conventional NICs and incorporate PCIe bus interfaces used in most modern computers. They also provide connectivity flexibility
with support for ST, SC, and MT fiber connectors.
The AT-2716FX/TP/SC, AT-2716FX/TP/ST, and AT-2716FX/TP/MT cards are shipped with a Windows-based software utility that allows bridging the copper and fiber ports, ensuring data prioritization. This enables devices such as IP cameras and VoIP phones to be connected via the copper port, guaranteeing high-quality, prioritized traffic over the fiber link.
Furthermore, these network cards offer a variety of configurations, such as fiber optic cable for long-distance connections and access to a copper port connection, making them highly secure and reducing the cards' vulnerability to sniffers or hacking devices via the copper port. Regarding
this launch, Melvyn Wray, Senior Vice President of Marketing for EMEA at Allied Telesis, commented: “Thanks to our family of PCIe Fast Ethernet fiber network cards with PoE ports, Allied Telesis now offers its customers the ability to simplify the process of transmitting high-performance VoIP over fiber with an easy-to-manage solution.” He adds: “With conventional solutions, IT administrators have to install two cards inside the PC, each with its own drivers, or they have to implement fiber optic connectivity through an external switch. This makes data prioritization in VoIP extremely complicated, since voice data has to communicate between both cards over the computer's internal backplane bus, bypassing the CPU, hard drive, CD/DVD drive, and graphics card. For this reason, the AT-2716FX series of NICs stands out in the market as a high-performance, low-cost alternative.”
The AT-2716FX/TP/SC, AT-2716FX/TP/ST and AT-2716FX/TP/MT are suitable in all those situations where the distance to the switch is normally greater than 100 meters, such as in military and government applications, and therefore the use of copper cable is not an option, or when for security reasons only fiber can be installed.
