Price and functionality-wise Planet MGSW-28240F and GSD-1020S look pretty close to what I'm looking for. Anyone have real experience with using them on a large scale? Performance?
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 8:34 AM, Mike Hammett <na...@ics-il.net> wrote: > Check out Mikrotik, Planet and TP-Link. > > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ray Soucy" <r...@maine.edu> > To: "NANOG" <nanog@nanog.org> > Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 7:31:22 AM > Subject: FTTx Active-Ethernet Hardware > > One thing I'm personally interested in is the growth of municipal FTTx > that's starting to happen around the US and possibly applying that > model to highly rural areas (e.g. 10 mile long town with no side > streets, existing utility polls, 250 or so homes) and doing a > realistic cost analysis of what that would take. > > What options are out there for Active-Ethernet hardware. Ideally > something that could handle G.8032 and 802.1ad in hardware for the > distribution side (24 or 48-port SFP metro switch) and something > inexpensive for the access side but still managed (e.g. a 4-port > switch with an SFP uplink supporting Q-in-Q). > > I'm really looking for something cheap to keep costs down for a > proof-of-concept. The stuff from Cisco and even Ciena is a bit more > expensive than my target. > > > > > -- > Ray Patrick Soucy > Network Engineer > University of Maine System > > T: 207-561-3526 > F: 207-561-3531 > > MaineREN, Maine's Research and Education Network > www.maineren.net > -- Ray Patrick Soucy Network Engineer University of Maine System T: 207-561-3526 F: 207-561-3531 MaineREN, Maine's Research and Education Network www.maineren.net