On Wed, 8 May 2013, Jeff Kell wrote:
Ciena/Cyan/etc are way over our non-existant budget... what is the going recommendation to throw say 4-8 lambdas over a dark pair without breaking the bank? :)
You purchase a CWDM filter for each end, purchase CWDM optical modules for each end for the lambads you want use. Something like this: <http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Solid-Optics-CWDM-MUX-DEMUX-8-channel-3-Year-Warranty-Fully-Tested-/200776443874?pt=US_Network_Switch_Modules&hash=item2ebf3567e2> Prices for optics depends on attenuation for the link, but for instance: <http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Solid-Optics-XFP-CWDM-ZR-for-Cisco-80km-All-Colors-3-Year-Warranty-/200797543018?pt=US_Network_Switch_Modules&hash=item2ec0775a6a> -- Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike@swm.pp.se