[58279] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Good (cheap) 2000Mb/s solution?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Simon Lockhart)
Tue May 6 17:25:40 2003
Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 22:24:59 +0100
From: Simon Lockhart <simonl@rd.bbc.co.uk>
To: Deepak Jain <deepak@ai.net>
Cc: "Nanog@Merit. Edu" <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <GPEOJKGHAMKFIOMAGMDIAEMJMEAB.deepak@ai.net>
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On Tue May 06, 2003 at 05:09:09PM -0400, Deepak Jain wrote:
> > 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.
>
> That's exactly the sort of solution I was hoping for. Any suggestions on
> cheap WDM splitters?
Dunno about internationally, but in the UK I've seen these for sale by
RS - Goto rswww.com and search for partnumber 300-8372. They appear to
be made by AMP, so I'm sure they can be sourced locally.
(Looking at that product also corrects me to 850nm for SX and 1310 for LX)
Simon
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