I've heard good things about Flex Optix. I've been doing FS myself (cheaper). I've had no issues so far.
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 10:40 AM Mark Radabaugh <m...@amplex.net> wrote: > The manufacturers supply a ‘programmer box’ that usually have a USB > connector, a SFP slot, and some software to reprogram the SFP’s. The > software usually lets you set how the SFP identifies itself to the switch / > router so that you can work around the asinine vendors that insist on > locking to vendor specific optics, and to set the frequency on the tunable > optics. > > https://www.flexoptix.net/en/flexbox.html?395=1357&co9424= for example. > They will send one for free if you order optics from them. > > Mark > > On Jan 26, 2022, at 8:25 AM, dmmoff...@gmail.com wrote: > > How do you tune the tunable optics? Is it done in the config of the > router, or do you tune it before installing somehow? > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Mark Radabaugh > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 25, 2022 9:33 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] CWDM vs DWDM, Single Fiber vs Dual fiber > > We spare with tunable optics. Production is channel specific but spares > are tunable to the frequency. Price is usually 4x the fixed optics, but > as you noted, having to spare every channel gets pricy. > > Mark > > > On Jan 25, 2022, at 7:57 PM, dmmoff...@gmail.com wrote: > > My recollection is the DWDM optics are slightly cheaper, but the CWDM > muxes are cheaper. I think if you fully populate the CWDM MUX then the > cost was a wash and it didn’t matter which one you bought. If you are only > ever going to use a few channels then CWDM is noticeably cheaper. > > The biggest hassle IMO is inventory and spares. If you’re using 10 > different color optics then you need 10 different spares on the shelf. If > you use 40 colors that cost $400 each then you need $16,000 in spare > optics. That’s not even a bad scenario. Some of the more exotic optics > are $2300 from Fiber Store. I have a quote in hand for 80km 100G Arista > branded optics from another vendor for over $6000. If you’re using > multiple colors of those then you may find yourself with a whole lotta > capital tied up in spare parts. > > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Carl Peterson > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 25, 2022 4:43 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* [AFMUG] CWDM vs DWDM, Single Fiber vs Dual fiber > > We are leasing a few new strands of dark to a couple locations. On our > other paths we have just Done BiDi for our ring or payload and used another > for our routed/management network. For these strands, I'm thinking of > doing passive WDM. > > Any benefit to DWDM vs CWDM if you aren't expecting to scale it? Why > would you use two strands vs one strand? We generally use one strand for > everything, either BiDi or GPON so my brain just sort of assumes that. > What am I missing? > > -- > https://www.fs.com/products/43711.html?attribute=4364&id=297095 > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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