On Tue, 10 Feb 2015, Ray Soucy wrote:
What options are out there for Active-Ethernet hardware. Ideally something that could handle G.8032 and 802.1ad in hardware for the distribution side (24 or 48-port SFP metro switch) and something inexpensive for the access side but still managed (e.g. a 4-port switch with an SFP uplink supporting Q-in-Q).
These kinds of devices are quite popular here in Sweden where we basically have no PON what so ever (I know of no major PON deployments, everything is active ethernet either over CAT5e/CAT6 or fiber): http://inteno.se/store/tabid/141/categoryid/130/productid/783/default.aspx http://inteno.se/store/tabid/141/categoryid/130/productid/771/default.aspx http://inteno.se/store/tabid/141/categoryid/130/productid/442/default.aspx (I am not affiliated with Inteno, I just know they are quite common in the market here and the above list is to provide examples of producs used here) They typically use BiDi optics to run bidirectional fiber over single strand, in some cases in conjunction with hardware that runs HFC on the other strand.
I'm really looking for something cheap to keep costs down for a proof-of-concept. The stuff from Cisco and even Ciena is a bit more expensive than my target.
Typically people here tend to buy regular enterprise hardware, but still that can do the BCP38 kind of stuff needed to deliver a proper secure end user connection. List of some vendors here: http://secureenduserconnection.se/certified-products/ http://secureenduserconnection.se/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/SEC-Secure-End-... is a good document to make sure your network follows as well. -- Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike@swm.pp.se