You can put a 3dB or 5dB optical pad on the link if the receiver can't handle zero-distance optical power.
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 3:03 AM, Joel jaeggli <joe...@bogus.com> wrote: > vendors that specify a minimum distance for lx typically spec 2 meters. > > even EX shouldn't spike the receiver at that distance as long as the max > RX is about +1. > > On 1/25/12 11:26 , jon Heise wrote: >> we are moving a router between 2 data centers and we only have LX sfp's for >> connection, is there any issue using LX sfp's in a short range deployment ? >> >
