Re: Optical fiber question

2009-12-12 Thread Matthew Moyle-Croft
On 11/12/2009, at 4:58 AM, Jared Mauch wrote: You can reach much further on this, but the optics tend to be more expensive. If you are going a short distance (eg: 2km or less) multi-mode is the way. I can buy LH GigE SFPs for AU$67 each, MM GigE SFPs for AU$61.AU$6 difference is

Optical fiber question

2009-12-10 Thread Deric Kwok
Hi My provider said they can provide single / mulit mode Optical fiber Apart from the length and cost different, what is the Adv/Disadv between them for our connection? Thank you

Re: Optical fiber question

2009-12-10 Thread Jared Mauch
On Dec 10, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Deric Kwok wrote: Hi My provider said they can provide single / mulit mode Optical fiber Apart from the length and cost different, what is the Adv/Disadv between them for our connection? The advantages are always in the distance capabilities of the single

RE: Optical fiber question

2009-12-10 Thread Deepak Jain
My provider said they can provide single / mulit mode Optical fiber Apart from the length and cost different, what is the Adv/Disadv between them for our connection? The advantages are always in the distance capabilities of the single mode fiber. You can reach much further on this, but

Re: Optical fiber question

2009-12-10 Thread Leslie
Jared Mauch wrote: On Dec 10, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Deric Kwok wrote: Hi My provider said they can provide single / mulit mode Optical fiber Apart from the length and cost different, what is the Adv/Disadv between them for our connection? The advantages are always in the distance

Re: Optical fiber question

2009-12-10 Thread Anton Kapela
Wanted to add something to this and clarify/correct a few points: Plus, while I'm sure someone in a lab has done it, you really don't run DWDM over multimode fiber - I'd second the opinion of it's cheap enough, go for the single mode and get the most flexibility in your options possible. In