What company are you buying them from in China if I may ask? Currently looking for a BIDI optics vendor myself.
Thanks. On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 10:18 PM, Sterling Jacobson <[email protected]> wrote: > Mikrotik seems very tolerant of no name brand SFP modules. > > > > I get mine from China for $20 a pair. > > > > Have hundreds in the field, work fine for me. > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Faisal Imtiaz > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 27, 2015 9:49 PM > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Multimode BIDI > > > > 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] > > > ------------------------------ > > *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 > > > > > > > > >
