I could not get one of their industrial switches to communicate with a Mikrotik via fiber. Tried different models of RB and different optics with no luck.
On Thursday, August 24, 2017, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net> wrote: > I’ve heard good things about their hardened gear. > > > > But I’m currently trying my hardest to get five of their switches refunded > or credited. > > > > They are the 48 port SFP four port SFP+ switches, I don’t know the model > number off hand, it’s large. > > > > But they were DEFINITELY NOT rated for use in a rack, though I didn’t know > that when I bought them. > > > > They had all sorts of bugs in the SFP and SFP+ ports when fully loaded. > > > > Good news is they were pretty quick to respond and diagnose and send out > beta firmware to load. > > > > Bad news is the beta firmware did nothing to help. > > > > And their suggestion of “do not put the switches one on top of another in > a rack without space between” was really stupid. > > > > I think those particular switches were meant to be kept in a very cool > room, isolated physically from anything so their weak ass fans could keep > it cool under load. > > > > They were at least 10-20 degrees CELCIUS hotter than any of my other > switches in the rack, even when ‘spaced’ apart from each other. > > > > In one case HALF of the SFP ports, 25-48 on the right ‘bank’ completely > died and wouldn’t light up anymore on one of the switches. > > > > Just plan sucky hardware in that case, that no amount of beta firmware was > ever going to fix, lol! > > > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','af-boun...@afmug.com');>] *On Behalf Of *Adam > Moffett > *Sent:* Thursday, August 24, 2017 1:11 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','af@afmug.com');> > *Subject:* [AFMUG] Planet > > > > Planet has been talked about a few times in the past here. > > > > They do have some interesting stuff. > > I just noticed they make a mini 2-port GPON OLT for $1400. > > > > There's also this little bugger which looks like it could be a WISP > micro-POP in a box: > > http://www.planet.com.tw/en/product/product.php?id=48944 > > > > Is this a good company in general? Do they have stable firmware and good > documentation? > > > > >
