Umm....I think I need to clarify that I did not intend any double entendre with that final comment.
I was recalling back to a training session where we were to test attenuation on a connector before and after cleaning it. One of my colleagues licked his finger and wiped the ferrule with it. He got the lowest attenuation value in the class. He bottomed out the reading on the meter at 0.0dB. Not recommended though. Water erodes the surface of glass, and bacteria from your mouth might grow on it too. It was just hilarious that it worked that well. I was honestly thinking it's too bad you can't lick inside the LC socket on the transceiver, and not trying to make any sex joke. I am too old and too bald to talk like that. -Adam -----Original Message----- From: dmmoff...@gmail.com <dmmoff...@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2024 2:11 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <af@af.afmug.com> Subject: RE: [AFMUG] optical TX power levels Personally, I'd have no objection to LACP on 4x25G links if that's what gets the job done. I think you should be able to configure the Arista that way and it'll just show up as 4 sub-interfaces like et1/1, et1/2, et1/3, et1/4. With reflectance -20 I'd still go stab all the connectors with a 1-click cleaner before I look for any issue more complicated than that. Combo pack on Amazon for $18.99 has both ferrule sizes: https://t.ly/bHMfU They're one-click, but they're so cheap don't be afraid to double-tap or triple-tap just to be sure you got it. At -20 reflectance there's junk on the ferrule. You'd get an improvement just from licking it. Hard to get your tongue inside the female port though. -Adam -----Original Message----- From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of fiber...@mail.com Sent: Friday, January 26, 2024 7:04 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] optical TX power levels On Friday, January 26, 2024 Chuck McCown wrote: > Could he bond dwm multiples at lower rates? Yes. Needs a muxponder or do a breakout at both ends to do it transparently. Just bonding the links is obviously also an option. On Tuesday, January 23, 2024 Zach Underwood wrote: > My sample size is small due to the optices costing $4k each My suggestion is that you immediately change suppliers at prices like that. FYI, I never got the original post to the list. Is the list somehow broken? It's been awfully quiet lately in either case. - Jared -- 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
