[70921] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: OT: Looking for Ethernt/Optical Device
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sthaug@nethelp.no)
Tue Jun 1 11:56:04 2004
To: mksmith@noanet.net
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
From: sthaug@nethelp.no
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 1 Jun 2004 08:30:38 -0700"
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 17:55:10 +0200
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> I'm wondering if anyone has seen a good and cheap(er) solution for
> providing multiple Gigabit Ethernet circuits over single pair of
> fiber. I'm looking for a way to do CWDM or DWDM that's cheaper than
> putting in a Cisco 15454 or 15327. I'm only going to be doing 2 GigE
> circuits between two switches, so I don't need to plan for future
> growth.
If you only need two GigE circuits, the least expensive solution is
probably standard LX/LH GBICs and passive splitter/combiners. Available
from several vendors, for instance
http://www.mrv.com/product/MRV-FD-SPLTCMB/
Disclaimer: I have no practical experience with this product.
Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
