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Finisar also has CWDM optics in both the SFP and GBIC form factor and they are quite a bit less expensive than the Cisco solution and they do have a 16 lambda passive OADM as well as the 4 and 8 lambda models. Scott C. McGrath On Tue, 1 Jun 2004, Erik Haagsman wrote: > > What you could try is use the Cisco CWDM-MUX-4 and it's pluggable optics > that can be fit into any GBIC 802.3z compliant slot. It's just an OADM > with 4 or 8 wavelengths that delivers GigE to any box with pluggable > GBICs provided you use the right optics and it's quite a bit cheaper > than using ONS stuff. That said, CWDM doesn't get you much further than > 80 kilometres, above that DWDM is your only option, and a hell of a lot > more expensive. > > Cheers, > > -- > --- > Erik Haagsman > Network Architect > We Dare BV > tel: +31(0)10 7507008 > fax:+31(0)10 7507005 > http://www.we-dare.nl > > > On Tue, 2004-06-01 at 17:30, Michael Smith wrote: > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hello All: > > > > I'm wondering if anyone has seen a good and cheap(er) solution for > > providing multiple Gigabit Ethernet circuits over single pair of > > fiber. I'm looking for a way to do CWDM or DWDM that's cheaper than > > putting in a Cisco 15454 or 15327. I'm only going to be doing 2 GigE > > circuits between two switches, so I don't need to plan for future > > growth. > > > > If anyone knows of a magic box that will do the above I would love to > > hear about it. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mike > > > > - -- > > Michael K. Smith NoaNet > > 206.219.7116 (work) 866.662.6380 (NOC) > > [email protected] http://www.noanet.net > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: PGP 8.0.3 > > > > iQA/AwUBQLyiVJzgx7Y34AxGEQIDewCfR8JQG2jqbxsBopUE6u3FUnfiX3UAoODx > > 41QL7T1eyK1EQ4ZMnVJU+l2p > > =hDVT > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
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