[72868] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: CWDM or DWDM passive add/drop muxes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ben Buxton)
Thu Jul 29 08:04:53 2004
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 22:04:08 +1000
From: Ben Buxton <bb@cactii.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <200407271850.i6RIoe824322@diablo.powerpulse.cc>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Jim Devane <jim@powerpulse.cc> uttered the following thing:
>
> I have been pretty happy with the MRV box. It is passive and it not
> manageable like an ONS etc. It has been rock solid for some time.
>
> www.mrv.com
>
> Specifically, we are using the CWDM EM316PAMULC. The only bad thing I would
> say is there is often a several week delay on delivery of ordered parts. But
> when they do arrive they work well.
I have to agree. The MRV boxes are quite nice and incredibly simple,
plus they have cheap convertors so you can use them with gear that
doesnt have GBIC/SFP based optics.
Just make sure you have a supplier who can deliver fibre patches with
'MU' type connectors - they're as rare as hens teeth and needed to plug
into the MUX.
--
Ben Buxton - Random Network Person
