Only up to 4 or 8 waves (only need a couple to start with), and probably just point-to-point (again, to start with). The reason for active rather than passive is because it'll be "CPE", so other parties would be connecting to it, and using grey-light instead of WDM.
Cheers Ivan On 20/10/2011 12:13, Neil J. McRae wrote: > why do you need active? how many waves? how complex topology? active is much > more pricey than passive. > > Sent from my iPad > > On 20 Oct 2011, at 12:04, "Ivan A. Beveridge" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi guys, >> >> I'm after recommendations for active DWDM hardware. Currently I'm >> looking for either 4 or 8 x 1gig in a 1U (or possibly 2U) chassis. >> >> Other features I'm looking for are: >> * built-in mux/demux >> * link-state passthrough >> * OSC (optical supervisory channel) >> * low power >> * dual PSU option >> >> Distance-wise this particular connection is <2km, so no amplification >> needed. >> >> I looked at Ekinops for a particular deployment previously, but (from >> memory) they seemed to be more expensive than I'm after paying for this. >> A fiber provider I know of uses Packet Light (eg PL-400) and, looking at >> the specs, they seem pretty good. >> >> I'm pretty new to transport kit, so any suggestions/recommendations >> welcome. Likewise, URLs to reviews would also be welcome :) >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> Ivan >> -- >> Ivan Beveridge <[email protected]> -- Ivan Beveridge <[email protected]>
