| ▲ | poisonborz 6 hours ago | |
Cheap, low-heat 10G copper is already here. RTL8127 NIC is under $50, $200 nets you a quality 4x switch (CRS304-4XG-IN). | ||
| ▲ | Havoc 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
I've got a mix of both running here and definitely prefer the SFP+ part of the world. Couple of neat tricks it enables like the new "invisible" fiber - looks the same like fishing line basically. Unless you're 30cm away and actively looking you can't see it. Replaced a wifi bridge that way...30m run across multiple rooms & hallway...zero drilling. | ||
| ▲ | undersuit 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
I have a RTL8127 NIC from Aliexpress that uses 1 PCIE 4.0 lane, finally a use for those 1x slots and it does pretty good on 10G speeds. | ||
| ▲ | ciupicri 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
What about performance and driver support for Linux? Any issues with suspending to memory or disk? | ||
| ▲ | drnick1 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
I wish multiple-port 10G PCIe cards with this chip were available. I would immediately upgrade by Debian router from 2.5G to 10G. At the very least I would need a dual NIC. | ||
| ▲ | boredatoms 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
and the QSW-L3208-2C6T-US is a cheap 8port switch | ||