I don't believe the distance rating should make any difference as long as your link is shorter than the lesser of the two. Most of the SFPs that I've been getting are 10km. The only catch might be if the receive threshold is low enough on the 5km unit that the transmitter on the 10km unit will saturate it.
-Jason On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Paul Conlin via Af <[email protected]> wrote: > Are 1000BASE-LX SFP modules compatible with 1000BASE-LX-10 SFP modules? > Specifically talking SM fiber. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabit_Ethernet#1000BASE-LX says LX-10 is > good for 10km whereas LX can only do 5km. I get that LX-10 has twice the > range due to “better optics”, but at distances of less than 5km are they > compatible / interchangeable? All specs I can find match up implying they > are but I can’t specifically find word on compatibility. > > > > Is it just me or has Google become nothing more than a shopping mall? It > is getting much hard to find information other than prices. </rantoff> > > > > PC > > Blaze Broadband > > >
