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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000000 size=2><FONT face="Courier New"><FONT size=2>Stefan Mink wrote :</FONT><BR></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Courier New">> Are there other products I missed? Are there XENPAKs<BR>> already available which work with main stream switch<BR>> manufacturers although they don't sell them themselves<BR>> so far?<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Courier New">I know that Extreme Networks already is shipping XENPAK enabled switches. The max for a single fiberspan according to the specs = 40Km. ( depending on the quality of the fibers and the attenuation. )</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>They have blade's for the Blackdiamond 68 series and the BD10K and the Summit400 has 2 slots where you can fit them in. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Courier New" color=#000000 size=2><A href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0202extreme.html" target=_blank>http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0202extreme.html</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><A href="http://www.extremenetworks.com/LIBRARIES/prodpdfs/products/BD_XENPAK_DS.pdf" target=_blank><FONT face="Courier New">http://www.extremenetworks.com/LIBRARIES/prodpdfs/products/BD_XENPAK_DS.pdf</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>The only downside that I've seen on the Summit400 is the limited EAPS support to 1 EAPS domain.. but if you design your network correct you can get away with it. Other than that .. they look like a great ( not too expensive ) way to setup a Metro layer2 network.</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV id=idSignature95549><PRE>Met vriendelijke groeten,
Erik Bais
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