The start of my 10G setup.

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JaseNZ

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#262235 11-Jan-2020 18:13

So wanted to start setting up a home 10G setup, do not want to go full out at the moment as don't need to.

First connection will just be a peer to peer setup with a switch going in later.

2 x Edimax EN-9320SFP 10GbE Ethernet SFP+ PCI

https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/NETEDM1091/Edimax-EN-9320SFP-10GbE-Ethernet-SFP-PCI-Express-S

2 x 10G SFP+ RJ45 Copper Transceiver

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M5LIUK5/ref=pd_luc_rh_sspa_dk_huc_pt_expsub_0

This will be connected from a unRAID server to a hackintosh/windows box. I have verified there are drivers for the cards and that they work with both boxes ok.

Is this going to be ok you think just to start with ?? , Apart from the transceivers everything else will come from PBtech as I have a business account there and it is just easier to get stuff through there.

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#2390401 11-Jan-2020 18:19

Whats the distance? You could go for a DAC cable if it's under 20m

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#2390402 11-Jan-2020 18:24

Beccara:

Whats the distance? You could go for a DAC cable if it's under 20m

10 Meters max , where could I get a pre made cable that length though I thought most of those were about 3 meters max

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#2390404 11-Jan-2020 18:31

Have you had a look on eBay or aliexpress?

I picked up some Mellanox 10GBe PCIe cards dirt cheap I think they were somewhere around 13-20 USD a piece many years ago.

Ali Express has this one

A 3m DAC From gowifi is 56+gst

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#2390406 11-Jan-2020 18:45

FS.com do custom DAC's and cables. You might find even MMF is cheaper than Cat6a cable + those SFP modules

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#2390416 11-Jan-2020 19:09

sparkz25:

Have you had a look on eBay or aliexpress?

I picked up some Mellanox 10GBe PCIe cards dirt cheap I think they were somewhere around 13-20 USD a piece many years ago.

Ali Express has this one

A 3m DAC From gowifi is 56+gst

Thanks for that but got the cards sorted, 3m DAC is to short hence looking at the transceivers for cat 6a

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#2390419 11-Jan-2020 19:20

I presume the 10 meter version of this would be fine.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000079929937.html?spm=a2g0o.detail.1000014.5.292e6a6em1fdiT&gps-id=pcDetailBottomMoreOtherSeller&scm=1007.13338.128125.0&scm_id=1007.13338.128125.0&scm-url=1007.13338.128125.0&pvid=de5db750-4915-43cf-8d55-5b0ee3dbff5d

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#2390440 11-Jan-2020 20:29

Actually would this be suitable.

https://www.fs.com/products/74612.html

I presume its with the connections either end.

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#2390649 12-Jan-2020 15:50

RJ45 Copper Transceivers aren’t cheap, if you haven’t bought them already you can definitely save a few pennys with a DAC. FS.com is a great option.

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#2390686 12-Jan-2020 19:08

Another vote for eBay and FS.cam.

I brought 10G SFP+ cards with a 3 metre DAC for ~$80NZD from eBay.

A couple of fibre SFP+ modules and a 30 metre fibre cable from FS was also around $80.

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#2401017 17-Jan-2020 23:55

For 15 m DAC is marginally cheaper from FS but not enough to sway the decision either way. I opted for fibre for better chance of cross-vendor compat., but actually I've found DAC to not be an issue for any of my gear.

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#2401039 18-Jan-2020 07:49

I've a dual Intel X540-T2 in use for the main server. Some clients have a Sonnet Solo 10G Thunderbold 3 adapter. :-)

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#2401139 18-Jan-2020 09:33

JaseNZ:

First connection will just be a peer to peer setup with a switch going in later.

Sounds like you got the current setup sorted, through I would say most 10g cat 6 switches are 10g/1g only, and will not do 100mb, so if you have any old devices that only do 100mb, they will not connect to the new switch, easiest way overcome this is to have a 1000/100/10 switch plug into the new switch and upload to the new switch with a 1g connection, and plug the 100mb devices into this switch, so not a big problem but needs planning for.

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#2406978 26-Jan-2020 11:48

I now have all the cards and cables on the way including a thunderbolt 3 to 10g adapter.

What are the recommendations for an unmanaged switch. Possibly one that has the ability for 10g RJ

Thought on below and anything else anybody might know of.

Something like this ??

https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/SWHQNP120883/QNAP-QSW-1208-8C-10G-Unmanaged-Switch-4-Ports-10G

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#2406979 26-Jan-2020 11:53

MikroTik CRS305-1G-4S+IN or CRS309-1G-8S+IN would be cheaper than that QNAP.

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#2406980 26-Jan-2020 11:54

JaseNZ:

I now have all the cards and cables on the way including a thunderbolt 3 to 10g adapter.

What are the recommendations for an unmanaged switch. Possibly one that has the ability for 10g RJ

Thought on below and anything else anybody might know of.

Something like this ??

https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/SWHQNP120883/QNAP-QSW-1208-8C-10G-Unmanaged-Switch-4-Ports-10G

Those switches are pretty rock solid, I have one that I run all my gear from and it just works, it's only the 8 port but that's fine

https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/SWHQNP080443/QNAP-QSW-804-4C-10G-Unmanaged-Switch-4-Ports-10G-S

or if you want to go cheaper and with some more features you can choose Router os or SWos

https://gowifi.co.nz/switches/crs305-1g-4s-in.html