Those are totally safe to use with even a 1 meter fiber patch cable between two pieces of gear in the same rack.
On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 1:39 PM, TJ Trout <t...@voltbb.com> wrote: > 1310 10gb 10km > > On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 1:38 PM, Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> What frequency and tx power of singlemode? You do not need to attenuate >> 1GbE 1310nm LX (5-10km reach) or 10GbE 1310nm LX optics for very short >> distances. Tons of ISPs use all 1310/LX optics for intra-rack and >> intra-suite fiber XCs because they're cheap, easy and multimode is dumb. >> >> If you are using optics which are marketed as capable of 20, 40 or more >> km reach (and/or 1490nm, 1550nm optics) you do need to attenuate on the Rx. >> >> On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 11:20 AM, TJ Trout <t...@voltbb.com> wrote: >> >>> Do I need to pad my optics at 100ft? Or could someone tell me how to >>> estimate the loss so I can compare to the spec? >>> >> >> >
