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If you want to add 10G to existing systems, cards with the old Niantic 82599EN chipset are cheap and widely available (now branded Intel). They use the IXGBE driver in Linux, and work out of the box on Windows as well. SFP 10G fiber transceivers are much cheaper than 10G copper: I saved money by using OM3 instead of cat6, but YMMV. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LZRSQM9 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DCZCA3O An old PC I…
If you want to add 10G to existing systems, cards with the old Niantic 82599EN chipset are cheap and widely available (now branded Intel). They use the IXGBE driver in Linux, and work out of the box on Windows as well. SFP 10G fiber transceivers are much cheaper than 10G copper: I saved money by using OM3 instead of cat6, but YMMV. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LZRSQM9 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DCZCA3O An old PC I…
Is it really saturated if there's room to spare?
If you want to add 10G to existing systems, cards with the old Niantic 82599EN chipset are cheap and widely available (now branded Intel). They use the IXGBE driver in Linux, and work out of the box on Windows as well. SFP 10G fiber transceivers are much cheaper than 10G copper: I saved money by using OM3 instead of cat6, but YMMV. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LZRSQM9 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DCZCA3O An old PC I…
Is it really saturated if there's room to spare?
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Buyers of x540 chipsets will want to know they are 1Gb/10Gb. They don't do 2.5Gb or 5Gb. I have an x540-T2 in my firewall and it's performant if hot. I keep a fan on it.
I run one 10G to one of these for places where I have machines with 2.5G NICs: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CJMTT9DF
I have a year of heavy use on this switch: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CKP5648P 10Gb from the firewall. 4x 2.5Gb to NAS rest to VMs.
If you want to add 10G to existing systems, cards with the old Niantic 82599EN chipset are cheap and widely available (now branded Intel). They use the IXGBE driver in Linux, and work out of the box on Windows as well. SFP 10G fiber transceivers are much cheaper than 10G copper: I saved money by using OM3 instead of cat6, but YMMV. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LZRSQM9 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DCZCA3O An old PC I…
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Consumers don't need to detach/attach the actual modules. They can just plug in their ethernet cables like normal, except they'd also have the option to switch to something better in the long run. It's more expensive but hardly an impossible fit. My router comes with an SFP+ port on the fiber side, it's just not labeled as such. Combining SFP+ with fiber in consumer spaces is going to be more of a challenge (although…
> They can just plug in their ethernet cables like normal, except they'd also have the option to switch to something better in the long run. I don't think many will exercise that option, and it adds complexity and costs that most people won't need. It would be useful for some, so it would make sense to make some boards with sfp+ rather than an integrated transceiver, but not as the default. If you want 10G sfp+, Inte…
The word is these new modules will use less power and be less scortchy than existing 10GbE choices. ref: https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/05/22/realtek-rtl8127-rtl8...