Planet 4-Port 10/100TX + 1-Port UTP/BNC Long Reach Ethernet Extender | LRE-104

High Performance Long Reach Ethernet Solution
To fulfill the needs of long distance Ethernet over UTP, phone wire or coaxial cable applications, PLANET Technology offers a new-generation Ethernet over UTP/Coaxial Extender, LRE-104. It features 4 10/100 BASE-TX RJ45 port and 1 UTP RJ45/BNC combo connector with a metal housing, making the placement of the unit convenient. The LRE-104 provides a total duplex data rate of 100Mbps which can extend a maximum distance of up to 1.2km over phone wire and up to 2km over coaxial cable. It is ideal for extending the distance and signal conversion by transmitting the Ethernet data from the existing UTP cable, Phone wire or coaxial cable to another 100-meter UTP cable for any type of IP network device such as HD IP camera, wireless access point, NVR and digital signage.

IP Ethernet over Long Distance Existing UTP or Coaxial Cables
PLANET LRE-104 is also a Long Reach Ethernet (LRE) solution which provides a quick replacement and smooth migration solution from existing analog system to full digital system. A normal UTP cable can only be extended up to 100 meters, but with the LRE-104, the distance for Ethernet networking can be not only extended up to 700 meters (Cat.5E UTP) and 1200 meters (Phone wire) but also 2000 meters (BNC cable), which are ideal for the following network applications: 

Long-distance IP network devices
IP digital signage 
Cable TV to IPTV
Distance video education
Electronic billboards
Other applications 

If you have Cat.5E UTP cable or Phone wire in your existing environment, you can install a pair of the LRE-104 very simply without the need to build additional network wires, thus saving costs for network construction.

*Only can choose one type of cable to do long reach extension function 

Easy and Flexible Installation 
The LRE-104 offers two operation modes, the client-side “Slave“and central-side “Master”, making any network applications easy and flexible. The “Slave” or “Master” mode can be adjusted by using the built-in DIP switch. For point-to-point connection, one LRE-104 in “Slave” mode and the other one in “Master” mode must be set up as a pair of converters to perform the connection.

This enables the administrator to efficiently manage the network over UTP cable, making long-distance transmission better. 

Daisy-chaining Multiple Nodes
PLANET LRE-104 will give users the flexibility to expand a small area network with BNC T-connector for sharing four nodes per port when needed.

Applications

Community/Campus Surveillance and Security over IP
To take advantage of digital surveillance system and keep the benefits of UTP cable, the LRE-104 helps the community, campus and enterprises to upgrade analog camera system to IP camera surveillance without using additional new wires. The LRE-104 is a switching architecture with four RJ45 ports, one Long Reach Ethernet interface and BNC connector. Just plug in the UTP cable of IP camera to one of the 4 Ethernet ports and the existing UTP cable or Phone wire to the UTP connector or BNC cable to the BNC connector to easily deploy and extend the distance with signal conversion by transmitting the Ethernet data from the standard cable.

Point-to-Point Application -- LAN to LAN Connection
One set of the LRE-104 Extender could be used to link two local area networks that are located in different places. Through the Cat.5e UTP cable, Phone wire or BNC cable, it could set up a 100Mbps backbone, but one must be Master and the other one is Slave.

Key Features

Physical Port
4 x 10/100Mbps RJ45 ports, auto-negotiation and half/full duplex mode
1 x RJ45 port for Long reach function
1 x BNC female connector for Long reach function

Long Reach Ethernet
Supports Phone wire (RJ11) and Cat.5E UTP cable or above
Uses the existing RG59/RG6 coaxial cable
Long distance Ethernet data transmission up to 1.2km over phone wire
Long distance Ethernet data transmission up to 2km over coaxial cable
Master/Slave mode selectable via DIP switch
Maximum 1522 bytes packet size, IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tag transparent

Industrial Case and Installation
Supports extensive LED indicators for network diagnostics
Advantage of minimum installation time (Simply by Plug-and-Play)
Metal housing for better protection
Compact in size and easy to install
Supports 6KV DC Ethernet ESD protection
0 to 50 degrees C operating temperature