Re: APC vs UPC?

[Niels Bakker <niels=nanog () bakker net>]

* baldur.norddahl () gmail com (Baldur Norddahl) [Tue 23 Feb 2016, 14:25 CET]:
> SFP modules will generally have UPC connectors. You therefore need 
> to use cables with UPC at one end and APC at the other end.
>
> If you use a APC-APC cable you will have 3-6 dB of optical loss. If 
> it is a short connection and you are out of correct cables, it will 
> usually work.

Don't connect APC to UPC.  You will damage the fiber.


        -- Niels.