Charlie Boisseau wrote: > If anyone has any 5db or 10db attenuators sitting in a spares box > somewhere in London, I could do with a handful. We’re having to rush > a new mux into our THN-HEX span tomorrow to connect up our new DDoS > scrubbing kit to the rest of our network. Some bugger keeps DoS’ing > us and it’s getting quite tiresome!
You may also not need proper attenuators, depending on the recommended receive power levels. It's worth looking up the spec sheets for information on what will work and what won't. If you are completely stuck but have a light meter, there's always the wrap-the-patch-lead-around-a-pencil trick. If it's taped in place and measured carefully for attenuation, it can be useful as a rough-and-ready mechanism to get you out of a hole while waiting for delivery of proper attenuators. Nick
