A modem is a combination of a modulator and a demodulator that allows data to be transmitted over an analog signal transmission line. Through the modulation mediator can use the telephone line to achieve the computer data transmission and communication, of course, the general is to buy the cat alone to achieve dial-up Internet.
The route light Cat is a transceiver that converts optical Ethernet signals into other protocol signals. The route Light cat is commonly known as the optical modem route, and has the function of modulation, demodulation and routing. The equipment of light cat adopts large-scale integrated chip, simple circuit, low power consumption, high reliability, complete alarm state indication and perfect network management function. The route light cat can also be used as a single port optical terminal routing machine, which uses optical fiber to carry out point-to-point optical transmission of card terminal equipment. Used as a relay transport device on the local network. Work similar to the commonly used WAN line (circuit) networking using baseband modem routing.
The route light cat is used for the conversion of photoelectric signal and interface protocol in WAN, and the access router is WAN access. Photoelectric transceiver is also used in the LAN photoelectric signal conversion, which is the user will be the photoelectric converter and the route of the light cat mixed together. Here to say the difference between the two devices, photoelectric transceiver is in the LAN conversion photoelectric signal. is not transferred by interface protocol. However, it is possible to convert the optical signal to the optical cat, and the interface protocol is also converted. That's the difference between them.
With the rapid development of science and technology, speed up the national network coverage and network speed, many cities will adopt optical fiber network, here is the use of optical fiber, than most of us are used 2M or 4M, such as telephone line broadband speed much faster, it can be said that the light cat is the mainstream of the future, because today has gradually improved the national network environment, Fiber-optic high-speed network will gradually become popular, replacing the existing ordinary telephone line dial-up Internet access mode.
Although the future of optical fiber will become the mainstream market, but now for the family is still no use to popularize. All of this we can do as we know. Now, of course, young people are future successors. Using the route of the cat optical fiber that is a trend of inevitability.