Worth clarifying.... The Mikrotik SFP's (or any other generic SFP's) will work inside a Cisco Router/ Switch if you turn off (cisco hidden command) the Cisco check for Cisco branded optics.
:) Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet & Telecom 7266 SW 48 Street Miami, FL 33155 Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Josh Baird" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 11:25:56 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Multimode BIDI > They work with Cisco if you disable the the unsupported-transceiver service. > On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 11:22 PM, George Skorup < [email protected] > wrote: > > I've heard too many stories of modules "working" but not working. It's > > detected, you get link status and all that, but end up with packet loss > > and/or CRC/FCS errors. > > > The only SFPs I've used with Routerboards so far are MikroTik branded. I > > have > > one talking to a Ciena 3930. And another talking to a dumb media converter. > > Those both work fine. > > > Was it Jason that was having issues getting them to talk cleanly to a Cisco > > or Planet switch? > > > I really don't trust any MikroTik product to be very reliable, but they're > > cheap so we can have lots of spares. :) > > > On 5/27/2015 9:28 PM, Faisal Imtiaz wrote: > > > > > > > will it work in a MikroTik!? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Why shouldn't they ? > > > > > > To the best of my knowledge MT don't use locked Optics.. additionally > > > SFP's > > > & > > > SFP+'s are a standard .. > > > > > > There are a few options on the modules (mostly for reporting light levels > > > and > > > temp etc) that may or may not work... > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > Faisal Imtiaz > > > > > > Snappy Internet & Telecom > > > > > > 7266 SW 48 Street > > > > > > Miami, FL 33155 > > > > > > Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 > > > > > > Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: [email protected] > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > > From: "George Skorup" < [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 9:44:55 PM > > > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Multimode BIDI > > > > > > > > > > Nice. $30-50 an end ain't bad. BUT.. will it work in a MikroTik!? > > > > > > > > > > On 5/27/2015 8:31 PM, Faisal Imtiaz wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > also... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.sfpex.com/bidi-sfp/1g-bidi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Faisal Imtiaz > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Snappy Internet & Telecom > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 7266 SW 48 Street > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Miami, FL 33155 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: "Faisal Imtiaz" < [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 9:23:30 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Multimode BIDI > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nate, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If you are not able to locate the MM Bidi SFP's, you might want to > > > > > > try > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > SMF Bidi on your MM fiber run.. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Take a look at this:- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://www.flexoptix.net/blog/en/2013/07/bidi-in-operation-on-multimode-fibre/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Faisal Imtiaz > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Snappy Internet & Telecom > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 7266 SW 48 Street > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Miami, FL 33155 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: "Nate Burke" < [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To: "Animal Farm" < [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 3:07:41 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Subject: [AFMUG] Multimode BIDI > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is there a MultiMode BIDI SFP? I need to run a connection across > > > > > > > a > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > warehouse, they have 3 pair of multimode fiber, but all 3 are > > > > > > > already > > > > > > > in > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > use. They won't let me tunnel connections together, because that > > > > > > > would > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > be touching 'their' network, but I could probably talk them into > > > > > > > using > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > only a single Strand, to let me have one. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Googling around hasn't yielded any results yet, but I'm still > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > searching. Any other passive deivce to get 2 connections on > > > > > > > one/pair > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Multimode fiber? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nate > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
