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Re: LX sfp minimum range
From: Pierre-Yves Maunier <nanog () maunier org>
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:33:41 +0100
2012/1/26 George Bonser <gbonser () seven com>
SX can actually be a little more versatile. LX works only over single mode fiber. SX is designed to work over either. As long as you have SX at both ends, you can connect them with either single or multimode fiber as long as the fiber type is consistent over the entire run.
It's the contrary. SX only works on multimode fibre, not on singlemode. LX can work on both. It can happends that SX works on singlemode but it can fail anytime. LX over multimode fibre is documented on Cisco SFP/GBICs datasheets. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/modules/ps4999/products_tech_note09186a00807a30d6.shtml Cisco 1000BASE-LX/LH SFPGLC-LH-SM1SFP-GE-L2Operates on standard single-mode fiber-optic link spans of up to 10 km and up to 550 m on any multimode fibers. -- Pierre-Yves Maunier
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