Hello Everybody,
I thought you all would like to know that I came across an interesting message concerning MRV's CWDM gear on the NANOG mailing list today that I thought would be of interest to many here. I've posted it below.
For the uninitiated, NANOG stands for North American Network Operators' Group, which is a form of mutual assistance and information dissemination forum for ISPs and backbone providers of all sizes. It's basically an on-line "hotline" forum for alerting and coordinating the resolution of network outages and other anomalous conditions.
Interestingly, I've found that during emergencies such as Katrina and 9/11, NANOG reconfigures itself into the ISP Community's self-governing, on-line "War Room" where critical information is exchanged with input coming from around the globe. Quite remarkably, it's not only the IP protocol, itself, that is self-configuring, but it's the people behind the scenes who are the operators of the Internet that are, too. But I digress.
The following message concerns MRV's CDWM wares, and some perceptions that are being broadcast about same:
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Subject: CWDM equipment (current favorites)
* From: DJ
* Date: Oct 30 2006
A few years ago, NANOG had a discussion regarding various CWDM vendors. Repeatedly MRV was brought up as a good option for metro-area LAN type applications.
Since then, I have actually touched some of the MRV product line personally and found it (and their customer support)... less than ideal. (not comparing to anyone else, and no one is really ideal).
The bigger problem was that the devices seem to be less than intuitive, but rock solid once they are working. (which is what everyone praised them for).
We need to place a new order for some new fiber builds and were considering some other vendors. Especially in the nx2.5G and nx10G (are CWDM x-cievers even available in 10G yet?) range. Anyone have any new favorites?
I'll be glad to summarize/commiserate. :)
Thanks in advance,
DJ
merit.edu
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