Re: [AFMUG] OTU4 equipment?

2023-09-12 Thread TJ Trout
Thanks Trey, this whole exercise is to avoid cross connect fees and I think I just figured out that it's not worth it. Lol. I'm going to look into it a bit further just to learn however, thank you. On Tue, Sep 12, 2023, 5:07 PM Trey Scarborough wrote: > TJ, > >The big issue with what I am

Re: [AFMUG] OTU4 equipment?

2023-09-12 Thread Trey Scarborough
TJ,    The big issue with what I am reading from you is that the carrier is going to hand you an OTU4 with the waves muxed on to it. Your best luck would be to use the same equipment they are using on the other end. At the very least you need to know what it is and what timeslot

Re: [AFMUG] OTU4 equipment?

2023-09-12 Thread TJ Trout
Trey, Any sense on the least expensive way to do it? Even a ballpark? Tnx, TJ On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 12:17 PM Trey Scarborough wrote: > Its pretty easy however most Ethernet switches won't accept OTU4. Some > exceptions like nokia 7250 IXR-10/6. However just about every DWDM vendor > has

Re: [AFMUG] OTU4 equipment?

2023-09-12 Thread Trey Scarborough
Its pretty easy however most Ethernet switches won't accept OTU4. Some exceptions like nokia 7250 IXR-10/6. However just about every DWDM vendor has hardware that will do it.  I Don't think fiberstore has 100G muxponders. Ribbon - 9904X and 9608D ciena 6500 with a 100g transport and 10x 10g