And, you said you've been using these successfully in MikroTik gear, correct?
What do you usually see for shipping times form China to the US from them? Thanks. On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 12:33 PM, Sterling Jacobson <[email protected]> wrote: > Steve, it’s some Chinese guy or person who also calls themselves “Steve” > J > > > > Steve Wang, [email protected] > > > > Very nice to work with. > > > > I pay them direct wire transfer so they don’t have to get stuck with huge > PayPal or CC fees on their end. > > > > If you are comfortable with that type of arrangement, email Mr. Wang your > SFP wishes and they will be granted (minus the gazillion dollar markups > that everyone takes between here and China). > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Mike Hammett > *Sent:* Thursday, May 28, 2015 5:16 AM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Multimode BIDI > > > > 6COM and GigaLight are two China OEMs that friends of mine have used. I > think his last order was for 200x 10gigEs from 6COM. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"Steve Utick" <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent: *Wednesday, May 27, 2015 11:57:35 PM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Multimode BIDI > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > >
