[177868] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Low cost WDM gear
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Hammett)
Sat Feb 7 13:05:24 2015
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2015 12:04:46 -0600 (CST)
From: Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net>
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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One particular route I'm looking at is 185 miles, so of the options present=
ed 300 km is closest. ;-)=20
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From: "Christopher Morrow" <morrowc.lists@gmail.com>=20
To: "Kenneth McRae" <kenneth.mcrae@me.com>=20
Cc: "NANOG" <nanog@nanog.org>=20
Sent: Saturday, February 7, 2015 12:02:11 PM=20
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would be good for mike to define 'long distances' here, is it:=20
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Probably the 30-60k range is what you mean by 'long distances' but...=20
clarity might help.=20
On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 12:55 PM, Kenneth McRae <kenneth.mcrae@me.com> wrote=
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> Mike,=20
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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).=20
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> On Feb 07, 2015, at 09:51 AM, Manuel Mar=C3=ADn <mmg@transtelco.net> wrot=
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> Hi Mike=20
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> I can recommend a couple of vendors that provide cost effective solutions=
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> Ekinops & Packetlight.=20
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> On Saturday, February 7, 2015, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:=20
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> I know there are various Asian vendors for low cost (less than $500) muxe=
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> to throw 16 or however many colors onto a strand. However, they don't wor=
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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 a=
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> have a distance limitation.=20
> What solutions are out there that don't cost an arm and a leg?=20
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> Mike Hammett=20
> Intelligent Computing Solutions=20
> http://www.ics-il.com=20
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