[cisco-voip] OT -- Cisco or CXTec Gbics ??

[Erick Wellnitz]

I've seen some that are made from plastic instead of metal like Cisco
branded ones.  They worked but their life expectancy was significantly
less.  I don't remember the brand.

The place I was at had medium sized ziploc bag full of bad ones.

On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Ed Leatherman <ealeatherman at gmail.com>wrote:

> We use a mix, some cisco and some from the same company we buy fiber
> optic jumpers from (fiberdyne). No idea what the rhyme or reason is
> for which brand gets ordered. i'm not the one that orders these things
> generally.
>
> I dont know of any issues with the non-cisco ones we use.
>
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Tim Reimers <treimers at ashevillenc.gov>
> wrote:
> > Hi all –
> >
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> > What do you folks use for SFP modules??
> >
> >
> >
> > We have a mix of Cisco and some CXTec, who claim to be using
> > Cisco-compatible SFPs that are
> >
> > certified (in some way) not to be cheap manufacturing fakes..
> >
> >
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> > thanks, Tim
> >
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