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Hamish's avatar
Hamish
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Jun 12, 2008

DWDM SFP's

I have a (Hopefully short term) requirement to push a pair of HA'ed F5's about 13km apart as the fibre goes... I've done it before in the 3-4km range using LX SFP's in the fibre ports over dark fibre ...
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Ken_Vondersaar_
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Jun 16, 2008
I don't know about the first half but should you need to go for plan B here are some suggestions:

 

 

Assuming I read DWDM correctly as "We use SONET/SDH"... ADC makes a product called Loopstar that encapsulates Ethernet and sends it over SONET.

 

 

https://www-wsp.adc.com/ecom/catalog/hierDisplay.do?NODE=OND92996

 

 

Also, Engage Communications makes a device, called the IP-Tube E^2, that will easily tunnel Ethernet over IP (if you have a VPN between the connections).

 

 

http://www.engageinc.com/Products2/iptube_E2.htm