Optical fiber transceiver ndi Ethernet transmission medium conversion unit yomwe imasinthanitsa mawiri opotoka mtunda waufupi kuti agwirizane ndi ma siginecha amagetsi okhala ndi ma siginecha akutali atali. Imadziwikanso ngati chosinthira chazithunzi m'malo ambiri. Izi nthawi zambiri zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pamalo enieni amtaneti, pomwe zingwe za Efaneti sizingaphimbidwe, ndipo ulusi wamaso uyenera kugwiritsidwa ntchito kukulitsa mtunda wotumizira. Nthawi zambiri imayikidwa pamalo ofikira kuti igwiritse ntchito maukonde amtundu wa chigawo cha optical fiber broadband; nthawi yomweyo, zimathandiza kulumikiza mtunda wotsiriza wa ulusi wa kuwala. ku mzinda. Ma network amderali komanso ma extranet amathandizanso kwambiri.
Mwachidule, udindo wa fiber optic transceiver ndi kutembenuka kwapakati pakati pa zizindikiro za kuwala ndi magetsi. Chizindikiro cha kuwala chimachokera ku doko la kuwala, ndipo chizindikiro cha magetsi chimachokera ku doko lamagetsi (wamba RJ45 crystal head interface), ndi mosemphanitsa. Njirayi ndi pafupifupi: sinthani chizindikiro chamagetsi kukhala chizindikiro cha kuwala, tumizani kudzera mu fiber optical, ndiyeno mutembenuzire chizindikiro cha kuwala kukhala chizindikiro chamagetsi kumapeto kwina, ndikuchigwirizanitsa ndima routers, masiwichindi zida zina.