Right. But why would you use two fibers when BIDIs exist? Is there some benefit?
> On Oct 20, 2020, at 7:37 AM, Mark Radabaugh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > BIDI means you are using one fiber strand. Otherwise it’s 2 fibers, one for > transmit and the other for receive. > > It’s not black magic - but you do need to have some knowledge of what you are > doing. > > Mark > >> On Oct 20, 2020, at 7:18 AM, Matt Hoppes <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Is there a reason there isn’t more a standard for the optics that go with >> fiber? >> >> It seems any time a cut over is done there’s always the question: which >> optic are you using? Bi-Di or not ? Then some equipment only supports >> certain optics. >> >> Twice now we’ve tried to do 1gig to 10gig wave upgrades with our providers >> (some large country wide names) and it’s taken multiple attempts because of >> optic issues. >> >> Copper - you just plug it in and it works. Why have we not gotten to this >> point with fiber? >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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