Cheap 2.5GbE Poe Unmanaged Switch

CryptoJunky1122 wrote: post #3

metadat wrote: post #2

No 10 gigabit SFP ports? Meh. Getting a used Brocade mac daddy off eBay still seems like the way to go.

Can you provide me a link? I only found gig switches with 10gig interfaces

Why waste time on 2.5gbit? Just go all in on 10g fiber, the cables are cheap and easy to run, transceivers are relatively cheap, too.

Only annoying thing is the 10gbit fiber NICs are less plug-n-play compared to Ethernet.

Re: Cheap 2.5GbE Poe Unmanaged Switch

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Post by CryptoJunky1122 » Mon, Jul 18, 2022, 10:00 AM UTC

metadat wrote: post #4

CryptoJunky1122 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you provide me a link? I only found gig switches with 10gig interfaces

Why waste time on 2.5gbit? Just go all in on 10g fiber, the cables are cheap and easy to run, transceivers are relatively cheap, too. Only annoying thing is the 10gbit fiber NICs are less plug-n-play compared to Ethernet.

Because I have no device which support 10g out of the box. Also ethernet is already installed to all rooms.

For me it would be wasted time/money to replace all ethernet to fiber now.

A 8 port switch is replaced in about 1 minute.