u/DryInterview3873

Hello, I am looking for a lab environment that deals with optical transport equipment. I’m currently a fiber tech for a large enterprise only company. Most of my work includes cross connects and rack and stack work. I’m looking to get a deeper understanding of the equipment I work with on the daily. I don’t like reaching out to a tester to do all of the configuring/provisioning and troubleshooting remotely and not understanding what they’re doing. I deal with primarily long haul transport equipment like Ciena wave servers, Ciena 6500s and Fujitsu Flashwaves. I’m a CO/ILA guy so all my work is dealing with DWDM. I would really like to get a deeper understanding of the equipment i’m working with so I can troubleshoot better, and become more efficient with my work. If anybody has any tips or guides on how to get well versed in this niche area of networking I would greatly appreciate it.