Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik SFP+ 10GB

2016-03-02 Thread Adam Moffett
ree +1.866.727.4138 *From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Mike Hammett *Sent:* Wednesday, March 2, 2016 9:47 AM *To:* af@afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik SFP+ 10GB Make sure you tell that to your wireless vendors. :-) - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions &l

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik SFP+ 10GB

2016-03-02 Thread Andreas Wiatowski
h 2, 2016 9:47 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik SFP+ 10GB Make sure you tell that to your wireless vendors. :-) - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions<http://www.ics-il.com/> [http://www.ics-il.com/images/fbicon.png]<https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL>[http:/

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik SFP+ 10GB

2016-03-02 Thread Mike Hammett
y, March 2, 2016 8:43:45 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik SFP+ 10GB Faisal, Thanks for the great explanation. And I agree, that every sfp module seems to have a different “personality” in terms of strength. We have seen this in a number of occasions with MM fiber. I have been buying my

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik SFP+ 10GB

2016-03-02 Thread Andreas Wiatowski
] Mikrotik SFP+ 10GB Let me see if I can try to clear up some confusion and help in sorting this out. The optics, have TX and RX lasers... The TX will Transmit the Laser, and RX will Receive the Signal. You have the look at the MFG Specs to see what is the TX power and what is the RX sensitivity

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik SFP+ 10GB

2016-03-01 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
Let me see if I can try to clear up some confusion and help in sorting this out. The optics, have TX and RX lasers... The TX will Transmit the Laser, and RX will Receive the Signal. You have the look at the MFG Specs to see what is the TX power and what is the RX sensitivity. Typically you

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik SFP+ 10GB

2016-03-01 Thread Chuck Hogg
Each SFP will have that range in their specifications. Most of the time it will say it under minimum receive power. Regards, Chuck On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 12:23 AM, George Skorup wrote: > I have a 1Gbps link working fine at -21dBm. About 4 miles using 20km > modules. The

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik SFP+ 10GB

2016-03-01 Thread George Skorup
I have a 1Gbps link working fine at -21dBm. About 4 miles using 20km modules. The next pair, pretty much same distance is at -10dBm. So something is obviously wrong with that first pair or a splice somewhere. These modules (MikroTik's and the FiberStore equivalent) will unlock at about -31.

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik SFP+ 10GB

2016-03-01 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Do you know the approx. route distance? Was otdr shot on that line? Probably was by someone, but can you see if they have record? Or get a local crew to shoot it and tell you the details. Do you remember what the SFP module was reporting? I have a 40km laser link between two CCRs and it should