[162930] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Entry level WDM gear?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mikael Abrahamsson)
Wed May 8 23:40:54 2013
Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 05:40:40 +0200 (CEST)
From: Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se>
To: Jeff Kell <jeff-kell@utc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <518B1637.20002@utc.edu>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Wed, 8 May 2013, Jeff Kell wrote:
> Ciena/Cyan/etc are way over our non-existant budget... what is the
> going recommendation to throw say 4-8 lambdas over a dark pair without
> breaking the bank? :)
You purchase a CWDM filter for each end, purchase CWDM optical modules for
each end for the lambads you want use.
Something like this:
<http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Solid-Optics-CWDM-MUX-DEMUX-8-channel-3-Year-Warranty-Fully-Tested-/200776443874?pt=US_Network_Switch_Modules&hash=item2ebf3567e2>
Prices for optics depends on attenuation for the link, but for instance:
<http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Solid-Optics-XFP-CWDM-ZR-for-Cisco-80km-All-Colors-3-Year-Warranty-/200797543018?pt=US_Network_Switch_Modules&hash=item2ec0775a6a>
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Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike@swm.pp.se
