On 2024-10-08, Rachel Roch <rr...@tutanota.de> wrote: > > > > 8 Oct 2024, 12:39 by cje...@diehard.n-r-g.com: > >> >> Also SFP programmers are not cheap and my need >> > > Not cheap ? Flexoptics programmers are available for free. > > As explained on their website, all you need to do is: > (a) No later than 2 weeks after you receive the programmer, you need to > submit feedback on their website. > (b) You need to agree they can publish your feedback publicly. > > See https://www.flexoptix.net/en/flexbox.html?option774=198 (scroll down to > "how to get your free Flexbox"). > > So basically the only cost is you taking 5 minutes to write a few nice words > about Flexoptix. > > For clarity: I'm not a Flexoptics shill. Just a happy customer. We've been > using them at $work for 20+ years, haven't bought vendor specific SPFs since > despite using Dell, Cisco, Edgecore and all sorts of other proprietary > network hardware.
They are good. But they are more expensive than FS, and "This shop is only available to commercial customers and government authorities". (Also the flexbox needs a Windows/Mac laptop or the separate "mobility pack" - you used to be able to use it from Android with an OTG cable, but newer versions of the Android app stopped supporting that). -- Please keep replies on the mailing list.
