> On 14 Dec 2024, at 01:24, James Dutton via GLLUG <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Fri, 13 Dec 2024 at 20:34, MJ via GLLUG <[email protected]> wrote: >> Having now opportunity to connect to 1gb synchronous fibre I'd like to use >> my own router again since IPCop ended. >> I have decided not to use Nokia-ONT G-010G-Q Optical Fibre GPON Terminal, as >> in this way I can locate all the >> hardware in a dedicated space and I remove another media bridge becoming >> potential point of failure. I just need >> to neatly run 10 metre long fibre cable without any sharp bends from the >> fibre wall entry location to >> G-010S-A MA5671A Cat Stick 2.5G Optical Cat G-P-O-N Protocol >> inserted to >> Banana Pi BPI-R4 high-performance development board, supporting 2 SFPs > > Hi, > > While I don't know whether that GPON SFP+ transceiver is compatible > with community fibre re protocol and compatible optical wavelengths or > not, I can say that your 10M fibre cable will need to double check > whether it is APC or UPC connectors, because if you use the wrong > connectors on the end of your 10M fibre cable, it will damage the > ISP's cable. > For GPON this is commonly APC, but not always. > This is in contrast to normal 10G / 100G network switches cabling that > are generally UPC fibre cables.
James is correct on this. For the GPON connection I used an SC/APC cable to connect from the termination block/splice to the ONT. If you’re trying to terminate directly to the router you will need the appropriate SFP and cable end. Kind regards, Travis -- GLLUG mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug
