Re: FTTx Active-Ethernet Hardware

[Ray Soucy <rps () maine edu>]

Price and functionality-wise Planet MGSW-28240F and GSD-1020S look
pretty close to what I'm looking for.  Anyone have real experience
with using them on a large scale?  Performance?

On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 8:34 AM, Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net> wrote:
> Check out Mikrotik, Planet and TP-Link.
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> From: "Ray Soucy" <rps () maine edu>
> To: "NANOG" <nanog () nanog org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 7:31:22 AM
> Subject: FTTx Active-Ethernet Hardware
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> One thing I'm personally interested in is the growth of municipal FTTx
> that's starting to happen around the US and possibly applying that
> model to highly rural areas (e.g. 10 mile long town with no side
> streets, existing utility polls, 250 or so homes) and doing a
> realistic cost analysis of what that would take.
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> What options are out there for Active-Ethernet hardware. Ideally
> something that could handle G.8032 and 802.1ad in hardware for the
> distribution side (24 or 48-port SFP metro switch) and something
> inexpensive for the access side but still managed (e.g. a 4-port
> switch with an SFP uplink supporting Q-in-Q).
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> I'm really looking for something cheap to keep costs down for a
> proof-of-concept. The stuff from Cisco and even Ciena is a bit more
> expensive than my target.
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> Ray Patrick Soucy
> Network Engineer
> University of Maine System
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Ray Patrick Soucy
Network Engineer
University of Maine System

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