I was offering something for the super-geeks :) at $dayjob we purchase from champion one, but have also tested other optics from OSI hardware and others.
I’ve even heard of good luck from fiberstore.com as well, which is super-cheap. - Jared > On Feb 2, 2015, at 11:46 AM, Matthew Crocker <matt...@corp.crocker.com> wrote: > > > > You could buy > http://www.flexoptix.net/en/flexbox-v3-transceiver-programmer.html and save > the rPi headaches. I haven’t used this but it does look interesting. > > Or, you could just go here: http://approvedoptics.com/ Cisco, Juniper > every SFP, XFP, SFP+ i’ve ordered has worked 100% and they are priced right. > > > -- > Matthew S. Crocker > President > Crocker Communications, Inc. > PO BOX 710 > Greenfield, MA 01302-0710 > > E: matt...@crocker.com > P: (413) 746-2760 > F: (413) 746-3704 > W: http://www.crocker.com > > > >> On Feb 2, 2015, at 11:31 AM, Jared Mauch <ja...@puck.nether.net> wrote: >> >> >>> On Feb 2, 2015, at 11:16 AM, Gert Doering <g...@greenie.muc.de> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 02, 2015 at 03:29:41PM +0000, Rick Martin wrote: >>>> I am glad to see this thread, we are on the cusp of making the plunge into >>>> aftermarket optics >>> >>> Whatever "aftermarket" optics are - I would not go and by *used* optics, >>> because that's about the only thing in modern hardware that truly ages, >>> aka "optics burn out over time". >> >> Agreed, general use optics shouldn’t cost you more than $300, and that is >> being quite generous. >> >> If you wanted to program your own optics, apparently you can get one of >> these new raspberry pis: >> >> http://eoinpk.blogspot.com/2014/05/raspberry-pi-and-programming-eeproms-on.html >> >> It includes a link at the bottom for how to program the optics to be ‘cisco >> compatible’. >> >> - Jared >> _______________________________________________ >> cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net >> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp >> archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > > _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
