I am missing something here. What is wrong with using a $6000 microwave as a piece of long CAT 5? Point A to Point B extending your reach. Why complicate it with layer 3?
From: Eric Kuhnke Sent: Monday, June 13, 2016 7:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Trango StrataPro Xi Switch? If people do layer 2 over $6,000+ microwave for backbone links between two POPs, that is a really bad idea in my opinion. WISPs love to build layer 2 clusterfucks because a lot of small ones start with basically no OSPF or BGP knowledge. Show me a real router platform that is in common use that supports 2.5 Gbps SFP (not SFP+ on a rate limited port). On Jun 11, 2016 10:29 AM, "Jon Auer" <[email protected]> wrote: Adtran NetVanta 1544 Ethernet switches (24xGigE, 4xSFP) have been 2.5G capable since 2009. On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 4:17 PM, Eric Kuhnke <[email protected]> wrote: There are such things as 2.5 Gbps SFPs used for fiber channel storage array applications (example: Cisco MDS9000) but you will not see them used in ethernet speaking routers/switches. On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 2:10 PM, Erich Kaiser <[email protected]> wrote: Check with John, but I thought he said something about a 2.5Gbps SFP, not sure why they did not go 10G.... Erich Kaiser North Central Tower [email protected] Office: 630-621-4804 Cell: 630-777-9291 On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 12:41 PM, Cassidy B. Larson <[email protected]> wrote: So I’m checking out the new Trango StrataPro data sheets… The Xi model appears to do 4Gbps full-duplex.. but no 10G SFP+.. So I’d have to use all three SFPs, and one copper gig to get it? Other notes: it appears they’re keying it up.. so you get to pay extra to unlock capacity to 1100Mbps and again to unlock max capacity to 2200Mbps. Oh and if you want AES-256, you get to pay again. The 1MB packet buffer.. seems low. Anybody else have any thoughts? Anybody got one yet? -c
