[58277] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Good (cheap) 2000Mb/s solution?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Deepak Jain)
Tue May 6 17:10:25 2003
Reply-To: <deepak@ai.net>
From: "Deepak Jain" <deepak@ai.net>
To: "Simon Lockhart" <simonl@rd.bbc.co.uk>
Cc: "Nanog@Merit. Edu" <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 17:09:09 -0400
In-Reply-To: <20030506205952.GA5354@rd.bbc.co.uk>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> On Tue May 06, 2003 at 04:56:35PM -0400, Deepak Jain wrote:
> > I need a good, cheap (its temporary) solution to run 2000mb/s
> over a single
> > pair of multimode fiber (SX handoffs). I'd ideally like to put
> in two GEs,
> > and get two out. I could use 10G gear, or OC48 gear, but I was
> hoping for
> > something less pricey since this only has two run about 200ft
> between two
> > buildings.
> >
> > Any suggestions? I will be glad to summarize for anyone who wants it.
>
> I've heard of people who use a pair of SX gbics (1310nm), and a pair of LX
> gbics (1550nm), and a cheap WDM splitter to get two GigE's down one pair
> of fiber.
>
> Simon
That's exactly the sort of solution I was hoping for. Any suggestions on
cheap WDM splitters?
Thanks,
Deepak