The difference between fiber optic switch and fiber optic transceiver is:

1.Optical fiber switch is a kind of high-speed network transmission relay equipment. Compared with ordinary switches, it uses optical fiber cable as the transmission medium. The advantages of optical fiber transmission are fast speed and strong anti-interference ability.



2. The optical fiber transceiver is an Ethernet transmission media conversion unit that exchanges short-distance twisted pair electrical signals and long-distance optical signals. It is also called a photoelectric converter in many places.



The optical fiber transceiver is only a kind of photoelectric conversion equipment, it is only used as a means to extend the transmission distance due to the transmission distance is too long; and the Ethernet switch is a kind of Ethernet connection equipment for data exchange in the network; So, that is to say, if your Ethernet network is too large and the transmission distance has exceeded the distance that electrical signals can transmit, then you need to perform photoelectric conversion on the electrical switch port of the Ethernet switch, and then you need to use Ethernet fiber optic transceiver. To extend your transmission distance, you need to convert electrical signals into optical signals for long-distance transmission.