nathan3388 Posted January 8, 2013 Posted January 8, 2013 Hi all I am after someones advice (i as i don't know alot about fibre) on whether sfp transceivers are plug and play with the switch above ( dlink dgs-1210-24) or do u have to do some special configuration with them so they work. As i want to be able to send Vlan data of these links to. If you could let me know which ones are the best ones and what will be compatiable to use. Thanks Nathan
Achandler Posted January 8, 2013 Posted January 8, 2013 I don't have the exact same model D-Link but I have found any SFPs work with them. We have D-Link, HP and Netgear (mostly these) SFP modules working with ours.
nathan3388 Posted January 8, 2013 Author Posted January 8, 2013 did you have to go any configuring with them to get them to work
Achandler Posted January 8, 2013 Posted January 8, 2013 Nope the modules were plug and play for us. You have to config the VLANs ofcourse.
nathan3388 Posted January 8, 2013 Author Posted January 8, 2013 that is fine, they are expensive for what they are though u know any cheap places to get them from .
Achandler Posted January 8, 2013 Posted January 8, 2013 They cost us anywhere between £100 (if your lucky) to £180
Achandler Posted January 8, 2013 Posted January 8, 2013 Yep, you can sometimes get them free with switches though, and if you buy a few switches at once get your reseller to ask the manufacturer to throw them in. I think we have about 40 of them in total here probably more and I have paid for about 10.
nathan3388 Posted January 8, 2013 Author Posted January 8, 2013 how much and will they work with the dlink dgs 1210 - 24
Michael Posted January 8, 2013 Posted January 8, 2013 I agree with previous comments - SFPs 99% of the time are plug and play, but if it's a managed switch the SFP ports can be enabled/disabled or have a forced speed configuration etc.. to watch out for. You also need to buy suitable cabling. OM3 is generally recommended these days. I agree also you'd still need to setup VLANs manually as required.
rob_coles Posted January 9, 2013 Posted January 9, 2013 How many are you after Nathan, We've recently upgraded a lot of our d-link stuff to cisco and have a number of mods and switches sat on a shelf that we could flog you
nathan3388 Posted January 9, 2013 Author Posted January 9, 2013 i think that it is two that we are after at the minute they have a 3com switch that is about to pack in so really need to change it to a dlink one
rob_coles Posted January 10, 2013 Posted January 10, 2013 ^ well if your interested let me know, also got plenty of d-link switches
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