If you just need a media converter, either a Ubiquiti Fiber-POE (minus the POE part), or MikroTik media converter would probably be fine. In addition to the 260GS, the EdgeRouter X SFP can also have all ports put in switch mode, and seems to work fine with generics and juniper coded SFP modules.
On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 5:16 PM, Colin Stanners <cstann...@gmail.com> wrote: > Have you seen any other SFP issues with the RB260GS? I remember Sterling > said that very rarely there were some units that, after fluctuations in the > power source, didn't detect the SFP unless they were rebooted or the SFP was > reinserted. > > I'm trying to get an idea of their reliability for use as media converters. > > On Jun 3, 2016 4:31 PM, "Jason McKemie" <j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> > wrote: > > I received a new batch of RB260GS units and after a lot of troubleshooting > at an install that showed the local SFP interface as being up, but the > remote as down I noticed that they were loaded with the 1.15 firmware. After > downgrading to 1.13 the link came right up. The change log shows SwOS 1.16 > having a fix for the SFP port getting disabled in certain situations, but > mine showed as up, so I'm not sure that is the problem I'm seeing. I didn't > have 1.16 on my laptop to test.
