[c-nsp] ER and ZR 10G Optics

[Stephen Cobb]

I'd either sell the XENPAK-10GB-ZR for a few grand, or toss it on the
shelves for when you actually need the 80km, and go buy a used
XENPAK-10GB-ER for a few hundred bucks.

$0.02.

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On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 4:59 AM, Rinse Kloek <rinse.kloek at isp.solcon.nl>wrote:

> ER and ZR optics can be used to connect to each other. I have done this
> before with succes.
> Keep in mind that you can use the maximum distance of the ER optic. Also
> use attenuators of 10 dB if you are testing this setup in a lab.
>
> Rinse
> Op 19-4-2010 13:47, Nick Hilliard schreef:
>
>  On 19/04/2010 12:37, wailun ip wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Just wanted to check if anyone has used an ER 10G optic to connect to an
>>> ZR
>>> optic, they use the same wavelength so was wondering if there are any
>>> know
>>> issues.
>>>
>>> I am specifically trying to connect an XENPACK-10GB-ZR= to X2-10GB-ER=
>>>
>>>
>> I don't see why this wouldn't work.  All optical transceivers have
>> wideband
>> receivers, so you can operate mis-matched transceivers without any
>> trouble.
>>
>> Just make sure that the signal is attenuated properly in each direction.
>> Otherwise you will burn out the receivers at each end.
>>
>> Nick
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