IPv6 Over PON: How OLTs and ONUs Pass It Through and Assign Addresses

IPv6 over PON runs as a Layer 2 pass-through on the OLT and ...

2026-09-12

Managing Multiple OLTs: Stacking vs Cluster for Unified Control

Managing multiple OLTs means choosing stacking (one logical ...

2026-09-12

ONU Authentication: How an OLT Knows Which Devices to Trust

ONU authentication is the first gate of PON access security:...

2026-09-12

Port Isolation vs Layer 2 Isolation: Keep One ONU's Devices Apart

Port isolation keeps devices under one ONU or access switch ...

2026-09-11

OS2 Single-Mode vs OM3 / OM4 / OM5 Multimode: How to Choose Fiber

Fiber splits into single-mode OS2 (long, ~9 µm core, km reac...

2026-09-11

PON Protection Switching: Type B, Type C and Dual-Homing Explained

PON protection switching pre-builds a standby path so a cut ...

2026-09-11

How PON Runs Multicast: IGMP Snooping Explained

Delivering one source to many receivers as multicast instead...

2026-09-10

Dual Uplink Protection: Keep Service Up When One Link Fails

An access switch connects two uplinks to different cores; an...

2026-09-10

GPON Wavelength Plan: Why PON Uses 1310/1490/1550 nm

How a single fiber carries both directions at once — by assi...

2026-09-10

DBA in GPON: How an OLT Splits Upstream Across 100+ ONUs

DBA lets an OLT hand upstream slots to whichever ONU has tra...

2026-09-09

What Is OMCI in GPON?

OMCI is the management channel an OLT uses to configure, mon...

2026-09-09

How PON Upstream Works？

PON upstream avoids collisions through three steps: ranging ...

2026-09-09

Network Latency, Jitter and Packet Loss: QoS Targets That Matter

Latency, jitter and packet loss decide whether a network fee...

2026-09-08

What Goes Into an SFP Port: Optical Transceiver Basics

An SFP port takes a pluggable module that turns electrical s...

2026-09-08

What is an industrial ethernet switch?

An industrial Ethernet switch is built to survive heat, dust...

2026-09-08

ONU not getting IP DHCP fix

A device behind an ONU that sits on "obtaining IP addre...

2026-09-07

Patch cord vs pigtail vs cable pon

The three things most often grabbed by mistake in an equipme...

2026-09-07

MTU and jumbo frames when to enable?

MTU is the largest packet a network interface can send in on...

2026-09-07

What is a ring network?

A ring network keeps a whole industrial site running even wh...

2026-09-05

RS485 VS RS232 what they are？

RS485 vs RS232 is the comparison every integrator meets on t...

2026-09-05