FTTx Active-Ethernet Hardware

Tue Feb 10 14:51:59 UTC 2015

We are small ISP. We used Linksys SPS208G for access level, and Cisco ME3400
for aggregation purposes. On Core level we use Cisco3560, now we have some
plans to migrate to Cat 6500.

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From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces at nanog.org] On Behalf Of Ray Soucy
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 5:42 PM
To: Mike Hammett
Cc: NANOG
Subject: Re: FTTx Active-Ethernet Hardware

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 at ics-il.net> wrote:
> Check out Mikrotik, Planet and TP-Link.
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> From: "Ray Soucy" <rps at maine.edu>
> To: "NANOG" <nanog at 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

T: 207-561-3526
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