[177869] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Low cost WDM gear
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kenneth McRae)
Sat Feb 7 13:17:44 2015
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
To: Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net>
From: Kenneth McRae <kenneth.mcrae@me.com>
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2015 18:17:35 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
Are you looking for an active or passive solution?=0A=0AOn Feb 07, 2015, a=
t 10:06 AM, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:=0A=0AOne particular rou=
te I'm looking at is 185 miles, so of the options presented 300 km is clos=
est. ;-) =0A=0A=0A=0A=0A----- =0AMike Hammett =0AIntelligent Computing Sol=
utions =0Ahttp://www.ics-il.com =0A=0A----- Original Message -----=0A=0AFr=
om: "Christopher Morrow" <morrowc.lists@gmail.com> =0ATo: "Kenneth McRae" =
<kenneth.mcrae@me.com> =0ACc: "NANOG" <nanog@nanog.org> =0ASent: Saturday,=
February 7, 2015 12:02:11 PM =0ASubject: Re: Low cost WDM gear =0A=0Awoul=
d be good for mike to define 'long distances' here, is it: =0A2km =0A30km =
=0A300km =0A3000km =0A=0AProbably the 30-60k range is what you mean by 'lo=
ng distances' but... =0Aclarity might help. =0A=0AOn Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 1=
2:55 PM, Kenneth McRae <kenneth.mcrae@me.com> wrote: =0AMike,=0AI just rep=
laced a bunch of FiberStore WDM passive muxes with OSI Hardware=0Aequipmen=
t. The FiberStore gear was a huge disappointment (excessive loss,=0Apoor t=
echnical support, refusal to issue refund without threatening legal=0Aacti=
on, etc.). I have had good results from the OSI equipment so far. I=0Arun =
passive muxes for CWDM (8 - 16 channels).=0AOn Feb 07, 2015, at 09:51 AM, =
Manuel Mar=EDn <mmg@transtelco.net> wrote:=0AHi Mike=0AI can recommend a c=
ouple of vendors that provide cost effective solutions.=0AEkinops & Packet=
light.=0AOn Saturday, February 7, 2015, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wr=
ote:=0AI know there are various Asian vendors for low cost (less than $500=
) muxes=0Ato throw 16 or however many colors onto a strand. However, they =
don't work=0Aso well when you don't control the optics used on both sides =
(therefore=0Amust use standard wavelengths), obviously only do a handful o=
f channels and=0Ahave a distance limitation.=0AWhat solutions are out ther=
e that don't cost an arm and a leg?=0A-----=0AMike Hammett=0AIntelligent C=
omputing Solutions=0Ahttp://www.ics-il.com=0A--=0ATRANSTELCO| Manuel Marin=
| VP Engineering | US: *+1 915-217-2232* | MX: *+52=0A656-257-1109*=0ACON=
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