Talk:Gigabit interface converter

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Computing, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of computers, computing, and information technology on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.ComputingWikipedia:WikiProject ComputingTemplate:WikiProject ComputingComputing articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by Networking task force (assessed as Mid-importance).

This article reads like a promotional piece[edit]

GBIC may make sense if a load of different fiber interfaces are needed or for the fiber uplinks on a mainly copper switch. But this article implies that using it for copper links is a sane idea which i'm pretty sure is BS. Plugwash 01:50, 10 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Does it? With what text? Copper gbics are not amazingly common, because so much had moved to SFP by the time 1000-TX was a baked standard. Pluggable optics make sense anywhere you have optics.. Pluggable copper doesn't make much sense when you're going for lots of copper ports, and I don't see how the article implies otherwise. --Gmaxwell 02:00, 10 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Non-Proprietary[edit]

Does this mean that I can use any brand GBIC device in GBIC compatible switches eg. D-link GBIC multi-mode device in a HP Switch? Or have I read this wrong?

Which is the transmit and which is the receive port? I believe the RX port is on the left? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.246.146.251 (talk) 01:51, 9 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If you take a front on picture of a plugged in GBIC; with a digital camera, you'll see the transmit port indicated by a white dot as the IR radiation saturates the camera sensor.