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Low cost WDM gear
- Subject: Low cost WDM gear
- From: nanog at ics-il.net (Mike Hammett)
- Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2015 12:31:28 -0600 (CST)
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
Well, I'm not an expert in the world of long haul optics, but I think I'd want active over passive for the ability to use standard interfaces on the equipment (routers, switches, etc.) at either end. Then again, maybe something has changed that I don't know about. I would also think active would be better able to go those 185 mile distances than passive. I assume I'd need an amplifier in the middle to even make it that far.
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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
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From: "Kenneth McRae" <kenneth.mcrae at me.com>
To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog at ics-il.net>
Cc: "NANOG" <nanog at nanog.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 7, 2015 12:17:35 PM
Subject: Re: Low cost WDM gear
Are you looking for an active or passive solution?
On Feb 07, 2015, at 10:06 AM, Mike Hammett <nanog at ics-il.net> wrote:
One particular route I'm looking at is 185 miles, so of the options presented 300 km is closest. ;-)
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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
http://www.ics-il.com
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From: "Christopher Morrow" < morrowc.lists at gmail.com >
To: "Kenneth McRae" < kenneth.mcrae at me.com >
Cc: "NANOG" < nanog at nanog.org >
Sent: Saturday, February 7, 2015 12:02:11 PM
Subject: Re: Low cost WDM gear
would be good for mike to define 'long distances' here, is it:
2km
30km
300km
3000km
Probably the 30-60k range is what you mean by 'long distances' but...
clarity might help.
On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 12:55 PM, Kenneth McRae < kenneth.mcrae at me.com > wrote:
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Mike,
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I just replaced a bunch of FiberStore WDM passive muxes with OSI Hardware
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equipment. The FiberStore gear was a huge disappointment (excessive loss,
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poor technical support, refusal to issue refund without threatening legal
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action, etc.). I have had good results from the OSI equipment so far. I
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run passive muxes for CWDM (8 - 16 channels).
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On Feb 07, 2015, at 09:51 AM, Manuel MarÃn < mmg at transtelco.net > wrote:
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Hi Mike
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I can recommend a couple of vendors that provide cost effective solutions.
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Ekinops & Packetlight.
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On Saturday, February 7, 2015, Mike Hammett < nanog at ics-il.net > wrote:
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I know there are various Asian vendors for low cost (less than $500) muxes
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to throw 16 or however many colors onto a strand. However, they don't work
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so well when you don't control the optics used on both sides (therefore
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must use standard wavelengths), obviously only do a handful of channels and
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have a distance limitation.
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What solutions are out there that don't cost an arm and a leg?
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Mike Hammett
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Intelligent Computing Solutions
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http://www.ics-il.com
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