Category Archives: Fiber Optic Transceivers

Why Use Tunable DWDM SFP+ Transceivers?

Tunable SFP+ is one kind of DWDM transceivers. It is commonly used in DWDM system. In the market, tunable SFP+ transceivers are often two to four times more expensive than DWDM SFP+ transceivers. Many may think DWDM SFP+ transceivers are enough … Continue reading

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CFP8 FR8 and LR8 for 400G—Two Popular PAM4 Transceiver

400G Ethernet technology is demonstrated at the Optical Networking and Communication Conference & Exhibition (OFC) 2017, and new transceiver module types like 400G FR8 and LR8 (also known as 400G PAM4 transceivers) are announced. Why 400G now? While we’re still … Continue reading

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Mikrotik CRS317-1G-16S+RM Transceiver/DAC Cable Solution

The business models today have become increasingly digital, which requires an increasingly faster and reliable network. There has never been so much traffic and applications running on the networks and it keeps growing, bringing much pressure to enterprises’ networks. Although 40G … Continue reading

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RJ45 vs SFP Port: Which Should I Use to Connect Two Switches?

When switches have both SFP port and RJ45 Ethernet port for 1000Mbps connections, it is always the case for us to decide whether to use SFP fiber optic module or RJ45 Ethernet cable solution. So RJ45 vs SFP, which shall … Continue reading

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Cat6a or SFP+ DAC, Which is better Used as 10G Stack Cable?

We have got benefits from the 10G stack switches for the past decades, and 10G SFP+ direct attach cable (DAC) used for stack cable makes the 10G stacking low-cost. But when 10GBASE-T becomes a new port choice on 10G switches, stacking … Continue reading

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