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10Gb/s Ethernet: switching to a Broadcom SFP+ module

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Re: 10Gb/s Ethernet: switching to a Broadcom SFP+ module

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Post by wingmanjd »

Speaking of modules that lie about themselves, unifi has an interesting little device called the "SFP Wizard" that can reprogram sfp modules.

https://www.ui.com/us/en/integrations/accessory-tech/sfp-wiz...

Previously seen: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45732874

Re: 10Gb/s Ethernet: switching to a Broadcom SFP+ module

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Post by theMMaI »

wingmanjd wrote: post #4

Speaking of modules that lie about themselves, unifi has an interesting little device called the "SFP Wizard" that can reprogram sfp modules. https://www.ui.com/us/en/integrations/accessory-tech/sfp-wiz... Previously seen: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45732874

fiberstore has them as well, plus you can buy modules, DACS and everything programmed to the vendor of choice, including different vendors on each end

Especially handy for specific Intel NICs where they refuse to link up if the module isn't in the driver-allowed list and those modules are hard to come by

Re: 10Gb/s Ethernet: switching to a Broadcom SFP+ module

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Post by kohlschuetter »

wingmanjd wrote: post #4

Speaking of modules that lie about themselves, unifi has an interesting little device called the "SFP Wizard" that can reprogram sfp modules. https://www.ui.com/us/en/integrations/accessory-tech/sfp-wiz... Previously seen: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45732874

You can also use a BananaPi BPI-R3 for reprogramming. And you can “upgrade“ 10 Gbit/s DACs to 25 Gb/s. Details here https://kohlschuetter.github.io/blog/posts/2026/03/22/unlock...

Re: 10Gb/s Ethernet: switching to a Broadcom SFP+ module

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Post by hdgvhicv »

wingmanjd wrote: post #4

Speaking of modules that lie about themselves, unifi has an interesting little device called the "SFP Wizard" that can reprogram sfp modules. https://www.ui.com/us/en/integrations/accessory-tech/sfp-wiz... Previously seen: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45732874

I tend to use fs.com optics, but I’ve heard in high rates (100g plus) that flex optic tend to be more reliable

Re: 10Gb/s Ethernet: switching to a Broadcom SFP+ module

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Post by secabeen »

hdgvhicv wrote: post #8
wingmanjd wrote: post #4

Speaking of modules that lie about themselves, unifi has an interesting little device called the "SFP Wizard" that can reprogram sfp modules. https://www.ui.com/us/en/integrations/accessory-tech/sfp-wiz... Previously seen: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45732874

I tend to use fs.com optics, but I’ve heard in high rates (100g plus) that flex optic tend to be more reliable

FS has a reprogrammer, called the FS Box. Works well.
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