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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>You’ll need to speak to your provider to find out </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>what wavelength they are expecting and then find an appropriate SFP for the Mikrotik to match. Duxtel have a few Mikrotik branded options that are cheap and do the job for more common installations – 850nm (multimode) and 1310nm (singlemode) – plenty of places around to get more exotic ones if needed too.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>The GBICs use dual SC connectors and your SFP should be dual LC, so you’ll need an appropriate cable for that too. Something like [0] from 4Cabling for example is likely to do the job (singlemode), they’ve got multimode cables too – which type of cable you need depends on which type of SFP/GBIC you are using.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>[0] <a href="http://www.4cabling.com.au/lc-sc-os1-singlemode-fibre-optic-patch-lead.html"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.4cabling.com.au/lc-sc-os1-singlemode-fibre-optic-patch-lead.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'> AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>daniel@glovine.com.au<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 18 February 2015 2:52 PM<br><b>To:</b> ausnog@lists.ausnog.net<br><b>Subject:</b> [AusNOG] Cisco GBIC - Mikrotik SFP Fibre Cable Information<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Guys<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Apologies for the disturbance, but I cant seem to find credible documentation on what I need<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ive got a provider whom have a Cisco 6509 and are going to be providing me a fibre handoff, But I need a cable from the GBIC to a SFP on a Mikrotik router<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Any assistance would be greatly appreciated<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Daniel<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>