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#306731 16-Aug-2023 15:15
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Ran CAT6A cables all over the house a few years ago to get future proofed for hyperfibre and wanted to put in a 10GBE switch but at that time switches were really expensive or only had SFP+ ports. Looking now again and it's the same situation. Wanting a 10 gig RJ45 switch so all ports can auto negotiate with each device as 10 gig or 1 gig. A 16 port 10GBE RJ45 copper switch for $500-800 would be ok with me but most of the switches now still have a few SFP+ at 10 gig and the rest RJ45 1 gig. Or they have at most 4 ports 10 gig RJ45 and the rest 1 gig and these are $1200+. I would be ok with 8 ports 10 gig and 8 ports 1 gig but there nowhere to be found. Just want one 16 port solution to plug the whole house into. I understand very few devices have a need for 10 gig right now but I have a few PCs throughout the house where I'm sending huge files between so I would like at least all bedrooms, lounge and 3 access points to at least have a 10 gig link to be future proofed and I've been waiting years and the situation has hardly changed.


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  #3116913 16-Aug-2023 20:52
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I just don't see it happening.. the price of SPF+ stuff is dropping nicely, but 10gb RJ45 is pretty niche.





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  #3116916 16-Aug-2023 21:07
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https://www.gowifi.co.nz/switches/crs312-4c-8xg-rm.html





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  #3116918 16-Aug-2023 21:10
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There was a video done by ServeTheHome about a month ago $500nzd for an 8 port 10Gig

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdgrHda4sW0&ab_channel=ServeTheHome




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  #3116950 17-Aug-2023 02:58
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Why bother with 10 Gbit/s Ethernet when you can get old Infiniband 40 Gbit/s gear cheaper?  I have my three main PCs (2 Linux, 1 Windows) on 40 Gbit/s Infiniband now and I can copy files between hard drives on the PCs as fast as the drives will allow.  I did a presentation for my local Linux users group (PLUG) last month on where I had got to with this.  I have put a slightly updated version of the presentation files on my web server, if anyone is interested:

 

http://www.jsw.gen.nz/plug/Home_Infiniband.zip

 

This has the updated *.odp file, the associated photos and a copy of the Wikipedia page.

 

The bottom line is that I got three 40 Gbit/s PCIe x8 cards, an Infiniband switch and three cables (including one 15 metre optical one installed under the house) for $1400.61.  If I had to do it again, it would be a little cheaper than that.

 

You do need a spare PCIe 3.0 x8 slot in each PC though, for the Infiniband card.  The ones I got have two ports so you can use them to cross connect or daisy chain if you do not have an Infiniband switch.


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fe31nz:

 

Why bother with 10 Gbit/s Ethernet when you can get old Infiniband 40 Gbit/s gear cheaper? 

 

 

because you already have the infrastructure for 10Gbe copper and its a PITA to change to fibre. 

 

 


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