Same.   Way less than Juniper (which we currently use but are migrating off of).

Mark


> On Mar 6, 2023, at 1:09 PM, Gino A. Villarini <g...@aeronetpr.com> wrote:
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> We are using NetElastic for CGNAT + BNG, happy so far
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> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> on behalf of Sterling Jacobson 
> <sterl...@avative.com>
> Date: Monday, March 6, 2023 at 2:05 PM
> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] SFP+ cage extender
> 
> I bet you are right.
>  
> Cisco is probably more expensive than Juniper for CG-NAT would be my guess 
> from what I’ve heard around shop.
>  
>  
>  
> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of dmmoff...@gmail.com
> Sent: Monday, March 6, 2023 9:25 AM
> To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <af@af.afmug.com>
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] SFP+ cage extender
>  
> Sounds like we’re on a similar journey. 
>  
> Our new owners are a Juniper shop, but the Juniper CG-NAT solution was so 
> expensive they went with A10 Networks for that function.  Without licenses 
> (and I think a feature card) the Juniper MX would only do 1:1 static NAT. It 
> was cheaper to buy an A10 appliance than to get the licenses and such for 
> Juniper MX.
> I don’t like A10.  They’re weird.  But we set them up once and never touch 
> them again.  They’re still not cheap, probably an order of magnitude more 
> than Mikrotik, but they’re also an order of magnitude cheaper than 
> implementing CG-NAT on the Juniper MX.   I’d imagine Cisco will be in the 
> same ballpark as Juniper, but I don’t know.
>  
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>  
> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>> On Behalf 
> Of Sterling Jacobson
> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2023 10:13 AM
> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com 
> <mailto:af@af.afmug.com>>
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] SFP+ cage extender
>  
> I don’t know that since we don’t use it yet.
> I don’t have cost insight into our parent company’s infrastructure unless we 
> adopt it.
>  
> We’ll probably continue to use Mikrotik for CGNAT even with Calix for a few 
> years since it works so well and costs so little.
>  
> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>> On Behalf 
> Of dmmoff...@gmail.com <mailto:dmmoff...@gmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 6, 2023 6:47 AM
> To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <af@af.afmug.com 
> <mailto:af@af.afmug.com>>
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] SFP+ cage extender
>  
> How is Cisco for CG-NAT? 
> I looked into it for Juniper and if I recall correctly it required licensing 
> and a feature card that it made it cost prohibitive.  We went a different 
> direction.   Wondering if Cisco’s pricing is reasonable.
>  
>  
> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>> On Behalf 
> Of Sterling Jacobson
> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2023 5:52 PM
> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com 
> <mailto:af@af.afmug.com>>
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] SFP+ cage extender
>  
> Hi Gino!
>  
> I’ll answer you and Carl here, same question.
>  
> We have funding now from our parent company STRATA Networks, and they use 
> Calix by the thousands, so being a Calix shop makes it easy on us in terms of 
> everything.
>  
> There doesn’t seem to be a mid-road XGSPON, maybe UI? I don’t know.
>  
> TIBIT is like the least expensive but the hardest to get spun up.
> We had the resources to figure TIBIT out (eventually) and run with it before 
> we finished a deal with the parent company.
>  
> Calix is just on a whole other level, especially when we buy in to all the 
> cool aid they are selling (parent company uses a lot/most of their feature 
> set).
>  
> So that is our new directive and big push.
>  
> Along with that incidentally is the push to migrate from TPLink Deco managed 
> router platform to Calix (again, the Gigaspire hardware and cool aid platform 
> including marketing insights).
>  
> So we have a short term project to migrate off of all of our TIBIT, mostly 
> because it’s not manageable or able to be monitored from external systems.
> Calix integrates directly with Sonar v2 which is nice as well.
>  
> So at some point we’ll have migrated our entire access network and managed 
> routers to Calix.
> Still running Mikroitk core and edge routers, and customer facing CGNAT until 
> we are absolutely so flush with cash that we just purchase the Cisco platform 
> to do the central heavy lifting and just transport the whole load of Calix 
> based E7 stuff back “home” to Cisco like our parent company does.
>  
> More than you asked, but we are essentially converting wholesale from an 
> Active Ethernet network to XGSPON/Calix and hope to eventually retire most of 
> our power hungry switches, and even most of the Mikrotik.
>  
> Just a part of growing up I guess lol
>  
> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>> On Behalf 
> Of Gino A. Villarini
> Sent: Friday, March 3, 2023 11:00 AM
> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com 
> <mailto:af@af.afmug.com>>
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] SFP+ cage extender
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> Sterling, why you are moving away from Tibit?
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> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>> on behalf 
> of Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.com <mailto:sterl...@avative.com>>
> Date: Friday, March 3, 2023 at 1:15 PM
> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com 
> <mailto:af@af.afmug.com>>
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] SFP+ cage extender
> 
> We are using TIBIT, but native. Migrating off of them to Calix, so if anyone 
> is interested in TIBIT we could give some supplies shortly and even an imaged 
> VM controller etc.
>  
> Carl, we use Mikrotik CRS305 here and there, are you asking about powering a 
> TIBIT OLT? Or just a 10G media converter?
>  
> The 10G media converters work in them, but Mikrotik states that you should 
> “skip” every other port with those because they run HOT.
>  
> Never tried a TIBIT OLT in it, but would probably also work.
>  
> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>> On Behalf 
> Of Carl Peterson
> Sent: Friday, March 3, 2023 10:00 AM
> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com 
> <mailto:af@af.afmug.com>>
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] SFP+ cage extender
>  
> Hey Gino,
>  
> Are you doing this directly through TiBit or through a distributor like 
> Fonex?  We had an NDA with TiBit from a long time ago but don't with Fonex.  
> TiBit passed us off to Fonex.  Am interested in what other distributors there 
> are and what support numbers look like.  
>  
> On Fri, Mar 3, 2023 at 10:09 AM Gino A. Villarini <g...@aeronetpr.com 
> <mailto:g...@aeronetpr.com>> wrote:
> We are about to do the same (Siklu+Tibit) , maybe a 10GbaseT to SFP+ Media 
> Converter will do?
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> of Carl Peterson <cpeter...@portnetworks.com 
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> Date: Friday, March 3, 2023 at 11:51 AM
> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com 
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> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] SFP+ cage extender
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> I'm not doing liquid cooling.  See the pics I posted above.  Just need to 
> extend the SFP+ cage out of a Siklu radio.  The alternative is to add another 
> little switch but that adds complexity to what is a simple design.  PON 
> hanging off a Siklu for a small apartment building.  Only thing active is the 
> Siklu and the "SFP".  One cyber power 48V battery backup to power the silku.  
> If you add a switch, how are you powering it, where is it mounted, etc.  
>  
> On the note of adding a switch.  Has anyone used the CRS305-1G-4S+IN?  Anyone 
> have a contact at Mikrotiik who could find out the SFP+ port's power budget?  
>  
> On Fri, Mar 3, 2023 at 9:32 AM <dmmoff...@gmail.com 
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> I’m curious what Carl Peterson is doing too. 
> The description on the linked item says it’s so you can put your electronics 
> into immersed liquid cooling without exposing your optics to the liquid.  
> Pretty esoteric stuff.
>  
> Not understanding the use case, but assuming there’s a reason you can’t 
> extend the fiber a few feet with a jumper and mating sleeve, then how about 
> use a DAC to reach another switch?
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> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>> On Behalf 
> Of Zach Underwood
> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2023 9:58 AM
> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com 
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> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] SFP+ cage extender
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> I am curious what the application is that a longer cable would not address? I 
> have never heard of such a device.
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> On Fri, Mar 3, 2023 at 9:56 AM Carl Peterson <cpeter...@portnetworks.com 
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> I have an application where I need to extend a SFP+ cage a foot or two but 
> need 3.5W peak and 2.7W continuous power.  The existing device supports the 
> power but the only SFP+ cage extender I can find is only rated at 2.5W.  Can 
> you passively just extend the cage pins or is this something that requires 
> electronics?  Anyone know of a higher power SFP extension cable?  
>  
> https://www.sfpcables.com/sfp-to-sfp-cage-with-3m-flat-cable-in-nylon-jacket-20cm-and-55cm-length-3256-5454
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