[AusNOG] Cisco GBIC - Mikrotik SFP Fibre Cable Information

[John Edwards]

If someone offers you a choice, choose singlemode fibre. Future-you or
his successor will be thankful.

John

On 18 February 2015 at 14:51, Thomas Jackson <thomas at thomax.com.au> wrote:
> You’ll need to speak to your provider to find out 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.
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> 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.
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> [0]
> http://www.4cabling.com.au/lc-sc-os1-singlemode-fibre-optic-patch-lead.html
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> From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of
> daniel at glovine.com.au
> Sent: Wednesday, 18 February 2015 2:52 PM
> To: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
> Subject: [AusNOG] Cisco GBIC - Mikrotik SFP Fibre Cable Information
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> Hi Guys
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> Apologies for the disturbance, but I cant seem to find credible
> documentation on what I need
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> 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
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> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated
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> Daniel
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