Thursday, November 28, 2019

How dangerous exactly is 100Gbase-LR4?

We're moving from 10Gbase-LR to 100Gbase-LR4 at my work.

I know that looking down fibres is never a good idea (and it's outside visible spectrum anyhow)

However, the consensus around 10Gbase-LR is that in general you should be ok, even if you accidentally glance briefly at it, as the power levels are quite low. (Although still a bad habit to have)

What about 100Gbase-LR4?

Is this the sort of where I should be wearing safety glasses around it? (Just concerned somebody on my team new to fiber might try it, or decide to monkey around)



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