[c-nsp] LH/LX and Mode Conditioning Cable

[Phil Mayers]

Peder @ NetworkOblivion wrote:
> I know that Cisco says it is required, but does everybody else seem to 
> agree that you need a mode conditioning cable if you use an LH/LX 
> GBIC/SFP over multimode fiber?  Or is it a case of "may work, may not 
> work, YMMV"?

We run lots of LX links over OM1 without mode-conditioning and it works 
fine.

> 
> Also, has anybody ever bought SFP's from here?
> http://www.memorydealers.com/lxsfpgbforci.html
> 
> LH SFP's for $59!  That is really cheap, but it makes me wonder if it is 
> "too good to be true".  Rather than buy some off vendor, maybe I am 
> better off buying some used Cisco LH SFP's to save $$.

If you want to save money but have good SFPs, buy ProLabs. We have used 
www.hardware.com in the past