Comments on: Mysteries of fibre networking http://www.cricalix.net/archives/2007/08/31/mysteries-of-fibre-networking/ Going sane since 1978 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:13:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Matt! http://www.cricalix.net/archives/2007/08/31/mysteries-of-fibre-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-12071 Matt! Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:51:51 +0000 http://www.cricalix.net/archives/2007/08/31/mysteries-of-fibre-networking/#comment-12071 Them's the breaks. glad you got it sorted out. Them’s the breaks. glad you got it sorted out.

]]> By: cricalix http://www.cricalix.net/archives/2007/08/31/mysteries-of-fibre-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-12039 cricalix Mon, 03 Sep 2007 10:08:04 +0000 http://www.cricalix.net/archives/2007/08/31/mysteries-of-fibre-networking/#comment-12039 Courtesy of the denizens of the Networking forum on Ars Technica, I have the answer. The coupled SC connectors on the orange cabling were coupled backwards, so the TX ports were talking to each other, instead of TX to RX. Also turns out that 9 micron core SMF will work with an MMF GBIC, but it's liable to damage things, and really won't work that well. Ho hum. Courtesy of the denizens of the Networking forum on Ars Technica, I have the answer.

The coupled SC connectors on the orange cabling were coupled backwards, so the TX ports were talking to each other, instead of TX to RX.

Also turns out that 9 micron core SMF will work with an MMF GBIC, but it’s liable to damage things, and really won’t work that well.

Ho hum.

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