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Are all same type fiber optic transceiver compatible?
1000BASE-LX is a standard the same way 1000BASE-T is. You expect any copper interfaces with 1000BASE-T to interoperate, and you should expect the same thing with fiber 1000BASE-LX interfaces.
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LC dual pair converter to 10GBASE-T
If using dual pair LC fiber to run 10GbE over a long distance, what's
the best way to connect it to a server on one end which has a
10GBASE-T port?
The best way is to get a server NIC with SFP+ slots ...
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Non-HP transceiver and HP switch
from comment
HPE switches with pre-16.x firmware require original or HP-compatible transceivers. A transceiver that's not HPE branded is not activated when inserted, as indicated by LED and in the ...
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How can 1000BaseT transmit on Rx & receive on Tx pins?
In 1000base-T there is circuitry called a hybrid which make the signal bidirectional. It's not really transmitting and receiving the wrong way round on the receive and transmit pairs, it's ...
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Why is XGMII little endian while the network is in big endian?
Please realize that ethernet and IP were created by different people without knowledge of what the other was doing, and are today maintained by different organizations (ethernet=IEEE, IP=IETF). When ...
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Fiber Type and transceiver model required
You don't need to be concerned with how any ISP runs their network. All that matters to you is what they hand-off. ISP A gave you MM/10G-SR; ISP B is giving you SM/10G-LR. You will need new fiber ...
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Is SFP Transceiver on a Cisco switch must be a Cisco?
There is a "service unsupported-transceiver" configuration command that you can apply (at least on some models and IOS versions) which will allow you to continue to use transceivers manufactured by ...
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Cisco/Meraki switch SFP compatibility and dual link
It is the standard that you look for. In this case, it is 1000BASE-SX. Both of those transceivers use that standard, so they are compatible. It is much the same as Intel and 3Com 1000BASE-T copper ...
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How to use" Multimode SFP GLC SX MMD" in Cisco Catalyst 2960 S connected LAN and single mode OFC network
You have a multi-mode transceiver, and it will not work with single-mode fiber, and it uses a different wavelength than what you are connecting to on the other end. There is no configuration to make ...
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does fiber optic transmit data as fast as light?
From Wikipedia:
A typical singlemode fiber used for telecommunications has a cladding made of pure silica, with an index of 1.444 at 1500 nm, and a core of doped silica with an index around 1.4475.[...
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How can 1000BaseT transmit on Rx & receive on Tx pins?
Broadband (xDSL) uses frequency-division duplex (FDD) to separate receive from transmit direction - both use their own frequency sub-band.
Ethernet 1000BASE-T and faster use telecom hybrids and echo ...
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SFP compatibility on QLogic FC HBA and Cisco FC SFPs
If it accepts the HP branded ones, it will likely accept the Cisco tagged one as well. If the HP one is multi-rate (and almost always are), it should work at whatever speed both sides can support. (i....
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Is SFP Transceiver on a Cisco switch must be a Cisco?
Now you don't have to buy a Cisco transceiver but you can't plug any transceiver either.
The transceiver firmware must include a Cisco specific tag to be recognized by the switch / router.
So when ...
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Are all same type fiber optic transceiver compatible?
While this is true on the fiber side of the system, and SHOULD be true on the thing with the transceiver socket (SFP, typically, for current Gigabit stuff) it is evidently not always true for certain ...
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How to use an optical tap? Which fiber should I use?
For starters: you can split a Tx into multiple Txs (transmitting to receiving direction) but you can't possibly join multiple fibers into one (transmitting to receiving as well).
The Tx on the tap ...
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"Overclocking" a 10BASE-T ethernet controller
If you aren't at all concerned with interoperability with other devices, you could try to do what you want, but increasing the clock also means that the other end needs to be identically configured, ...
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Are all same type fiber optic transceiver compatible?
Unless you want to connect one SMode transceiver with a MMode transceiver, you will get your link UP, because they are standars of the market, and only can be negative the transmision distance from ...
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sh int transceiver Explanations
Differences in manufacturing and different types of optics ( SR,LR, ZR.. Brands.. )
It is dependent on the specific optic ( varies per each unique optic ), it is specified for the type of transceiver ...
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How "show inventory" displays SX SFP?
If you have an SFP module inserted, you will see the specific type.
You can choose to specifically use the inserted SFP, or choose to use the built-in copper connector, with the media-type interface ...
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5GbE over fiber optic cable with SFP+
Both 5 Gbps and 8 Gbps are non-standard ethernet speeds, and you won't find those speeds on SFP+s. In fact, you will not find 8 Gbps ethernet at all. If you are using fiber, you will get 10 Gbps, but ...
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Can 40GBASE-LR4 be used for 4x10G?
Just for people looking at this answer now (close to 3 years after the original answers): today you can get QSFP+ PLR4 transceivers that support 4x10G breakout over SMF (long range).
These ...
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How to use QSFP28 transceiver with 100G datacenter？
There's a wide (and growing) range of 100G PHYs. You need to get a transceiver that is compatible with the DC uplink, e.g. 100GBASE-SR4 or -LR4.
The transceiver you've linked to states "100GBASE-IR4" ...
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How can 1000BaseT transmit on Rx & receive on Tx pins?
Why couldn't 10-BaseT (10Mb/s) or 100-BaseT (100Mb/s) do the same? What changed, specifically to allow this?
The quality of the cabling improved drastically as well as the methods for transmitting ...
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AOC cables for Brocade Fiberchannel
You will need to check your switch's manual or compatibility list. Not all switches (and firmware versions) are compatible with AOC cables.
Additionally, 10 Gb cables are not guaranteed to work with ...
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Transceiver for MM links up to 2k
Simply searching the Cisco web site produces the answer. According to Cisco 100-Megabit Ethernet SFP Modules Compatibility Matrix, that transceiver is compatible with your switch:
The GLC-GE-100FX ...
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SFP to RJ45 for 10Gbit network
First a 10 Gbps network adapters use SFP+, not SFP.
Next, you can get a 10GBase-T SFP+ module for your adapter, rather than one of the fiber variants. In most cases, 10 Gbps adapters will have SPF+ ...
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does fiber optic transmit data as fast as light?
As fiber optic transmit data using light. So we are getting/sending data at the speed of light ??
The speed of light in fiber is not the same as the speed of light in free space. Typically the speed ...
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100BaseTX Ethernet Idle code ("/I/") 4B/5B origin
IDLE is a PCS code symbol in 100BASE-X (from the 4b/5b set) on the physical layer, see IEEE 802.3 Clause 24 for details. As most of Fast Ethernet's physical layer, it's been borrowed from ANSI X3T12 ...
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Is there a difference between BIDI LR and DFB BiD or are they compatible?
25GBASE-BR is standardized in IEEE 802.3cp-2021.
There are quite a few pre-standard transceivers out there (BiDi, BX, ...) but pretty much all of them use the same 1270/1330 nm wavelength pair that ...
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Max cable length when using 10GBASE-T SFP+ transceiver
Yes, the transceiver actually reduces the maximum cable length.
This reduction is due to the maximum power draw of an SFP+ module of 2 Watt and 10GBASE-T requiring considerable power because of the ...
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