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Article #34Re: Query on overdriving short fiber optic links
From: Vernon Schryver
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1992 06:05
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1992 06:05
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In article <5338@transfer.stratus.com>, bither@shire.hw.stratus.com (David Bither) writes: > In optical transceiver tests we conducted here recently, we were surprised to > discover that many of the transmitters were 1 - 3 db hotter than the ANSI spec > allows. The vendors tended to think that just made them that much better. > I did not, and we chose our sources accordingly. So it doesn't surprise me > that someone is actually running into an overdrive problem on short runs. A little "hotter" helps if you always have a bypass or some connectors in your box. It's the difference, on paper if not in real life, between being able to have more than one consecutive optically- bypasssed station. Vernon Schryver, vjs@sgi.com
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Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.fddi Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!decwrl!sgi!rhyolite!vjs From: vjs@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com (Vernon Schryver) Subject: Re: Query on overdriving short fiber optic links Message-ID: <o4si9q4@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com> Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA References: <1992Jul29.161817.2757@ncar.ucar.edu> <5338@transfer.stratus.com> Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1992 06:05:06 GMT Lines: 15