In optical networks containing EDFAs (Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers), the variable traffic characteristic lead the input power to the amplifier to oscillate and cause fast time-dependent gain fluctuations that can impair the transmission of data on co-propagating WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplexing) channels. Traffic variatons can be slow, when originated by add or drop of WDM channels at any network node (WDM routing), or fast, when come from random transmission of packet/burst data through the network. Consequently, to reach a high quality transmission it is necessary to ensure a stable EDFA operation, regardless the nature of its input power variations. Therefore, we optimized the performance of the ring-laser technique to clamp the EDFA gain, using two spectrally oposite lasing wavelengths, one above and another below the C-band. Based on the excellent gain stability reached with the employment of this gain control technique over one amplifier unit, we assembled a high-performance alloptic buffer memory and showed how to miminize the accumulated gain fluctuations after many cascaded EDFAs, enabling more efficient long distance optical links.