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KirkM · ‎Apr 27 2022

Much like Robert said, I stopped using "cisco branded" transceivers years ago. My go to landing spot has been www.fs.com Recently, as we've migrated to Ubiquiti's Unifi line for our access, TOR and aggregate switches I've been using the Ubiquiti branded transceivers and, knock on wood, they are running bulletproof. Have YET to have one fail on me or generate errors. The Ubiquiti stuff...I've been VERY impressed! Their support stinks but there's really not a whole lot of troubleshooting you'll ever need on a transceiver.

KirkM · ‎Apr 5 2022

Hi folks, I have a set of stacked MS355-48x2's and am trying to connect a set of non-cisco TOR aggregate switches that have SFP28 ports. Has anyone tried this? and Were there any specific transceivers that worked if you DID get it to work. What I'm trying to mix is the aforementioned MS355's with an FS QSFP-IR4 40G transceiver down to a Ubiquiti USW-Pro-Aggregate switch with SFP28 ports. The transceiver used is a native Ubiquiti SFP28 unit. Both with LC/LC connectors. Thoughts?

KirkM · ‎Oct 2 2020

Claes, I'm with you! I would have loved to do this! Unfortunately, we are dealing with an ANCIENT core set of switches (old Dell 6224's in L3 SVI). Have you ever had to deal with their Trunk vs. General switchport designation? It's a nightmare! Trunks work in some cases and General ports in others...and it's RANDOM! Nightmare!!! Sadly, in my case, it's going to have to be that forklift. I've tried making minor changes and STP goes berserk. I have to force an election and it's just a "mess sandwich" all over the place. lol Appreciate the feedback though!

KirkM · ‎Oct 1 2020

I AM setting it via the Dashboard. Let me patch in on the Management port and take a look. Interesting.....Hmmmmmm Thanks for the tip!

KirkM · ‎Oct 1 2020

Thanks for the heads up! Thankfully nothing is plugged into these things yet. They are brand new as of yesterday. I may just roll them back, right now, to be safe. Much appreciated.

KirkM · ‎Oct 1 2020

The oddest thing. I set the management interface to be static, I.E: VLAN99 192.168.99.40 255.255.255.0 192.168.99.1 When I go to access it it still shows the IP address as the DHCP address 10.10.X.X the VLAN as 99 and it still works. Strange.....I'm trying to just isolate the Stack on the Management VLAN for the moment just to fiddle but it's not letting me. When I change the port, the stack is connected, to an ACCESS port VLAN 99 I lose the device. Just odd. I am upgrading the Firmware to 12.28 at the moment to see if this helps.

KirkM · ‎Oct 1 2020

Thanks for the reply... Yeah, I'd considered the whole firewall option....that might be overkill if I'm just going to "note" the network configuration and then take everything down, bring up the new Core, then manually configure the whole enchilada on the fly. Probably going to be the best bet anyway. Now, if I can just get the Management IP to actually accept the static address instead of this "weird" thing I'm seeing now. Thanks!

KirkM · ‎Oct 1 2020

I have a random question...a question I must solve shortly! If you have an existing network and you purchase, say a couple of 355-48X2's and you want to implement that new Meraki Stack as the NEW CORE....how might one go about that...somewhat easily? A couple things to consider: These are cloud devices so they must have internet access to be managed (of course you all knew that) In this organization, the only internet available is on the SAME network as the core I'm trying to replace...so, it is effectively impossible to configure a "new" core on the same core. Thoughts? I considered building a completely separate VLAN, adding some routing so that VLAN can hit the internet and then performing the tasks...I'm just trying to make it as seamless as possible without building out a bunch of stuff that I'm going to have to undo. Was just wondering if anyone out there had any ideas that they employed in a similar situation. Thanks!

KirkM · ‎Oct 1 2020

This website is your friend: www.fs.com I've been purchasing Transceivers from them for YEARS...religiously. Also, if I need a cheap Work Group switch etc.... The cables and transceivers though.....lights out.

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