[187728] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: APC vs UPC?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Niels Bakker)
Wed Feb 24 07:55:18 2016
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* baldur.norddahl@gmail.com (Baldur Norddahl) [Tue 23 Feb 2016, 14:25 CET]:
>SFP modules will generally have UPC connectors. You therefore need
>to use cables with UPC at one end and APC at the other end.
>
>If you use a APC-APC cable you will have 3-6 dB of optical loss. If
>it is a short connection and you are out of correct cables, it will
>usually work.
Don't connect APC to UPC. You will damage the fiber.
-- Niels.
