If it's BiDi, the Rx signal on one end shouldn't be too different from
the Rx signal on the other end.
I would miss having error counters on the copper interface that the
customer plugs in to. If that interface was faulty and you couldn't see
it then you'd sit there looking at your switch interface running error
free and tell the customer (incorrectly) that everything is fine.
Part of my bias is from having spent a lot of time on tech support in
the past. I hate an invisible problem. If I told someone there's no
problem and it turned out there was actually something wrong then I felt
like an ass. I'm thinking 95-99% of the time you'd get by with your
media converter, and 1% of the time you'd be an ass. Maybe that's ok
given the other savings you'd have.
On 10/8/2018 3:19 PM, Jason McKemie wrote:
I like error counters and Rx signal strength at the customer side,
those have helped more than once with troubleshooting issues.
On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 1:42 PM Chuck McCown <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Do you allow the customer access to the user interface?
*From:* Jason McKemie
*Sent:* Monday, October 08, 2018 12:04 PM
*To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Active E on the cheap
I use the RB260GS units, seem to work fine and they provide
troubleshooting capabilities at the customer end. Dumb media
converters would be a non-starter for me.
On Monday, October 8, 2018, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:
https://www.fs.com/products/35333.html
It has storage specs to –20C. Not sure why operating temps
are 0C on the lower end. But if it is inside an enclosure it
will self heat.
$23 plus the $9 SFP.
https://www.fs.com/products/37922.html
$32 plus enclosure. Pretty low cost per customer doing it
this way.
I know Sterling uses MTs for much the same thing, but if I
remember he cannot get the one he likes any longer.
I like this as there is zero config here. Dumb media
converter. Put all your smarts at your router or switch.
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