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Comment on FTTH upgrade - getting my LAN multi gig ready
Clusterfck@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week ago
Going from 100 Mbps to even a gigabit, if you’re self hosting, is going to be a huge difference. If you want my opinion, save yourself some money, go with the lowest speed over a gigabit and gradually buy equipment with the money you’d save compared to the 8 gigabit plan.
As for the router, can you either send a picture of it from the ISPs website or name the ISP? With 8 gig being the maximum, you’re going to be on XGS PON and I have a hunch I know what equipment you’re getting, but want to make sure I’m right.
cmeu@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Clusterfck@lemmy.sdf.org 5 days ago
Dang. Not the company I was hoping.
If they’re using an eero router, I’m going to assume you’ll just have an ethernet cable from an ONT then into the router. Ask the installer if you need to use the eero or can you install your own router. That may alleviate some of your concerns.
I work for an ISP and self host. I have more things in place to track my usage than any ISP would put just because I make myself the guinea pig for new equipment and want to know exactly what is happening. You will never use a full 8 gig (at least as of now, obviously in the future that will change). If the extra money isn’t an issue do it, but if you can “girl math” the $30 price difference, stick with that for a year and spend the extra $360 you saved on multi-gig networking equipment, that’s what I’d do.
Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 hours ago
“Girl math” doesn’t sound at all like misogynistic IT tech bro speech.
cmeu@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I’m actually planning to do just about that, based on the discussion in this thread.
I found that I can get an unmanaged switch with 4 2.5gbe ports for under $60, I can use my existing cabling at that speed. I’ll upgrade my aging router to an x86 (n100 or similar) and load my favorite router distro on it. Use that as the router, connect Wi-Fi APs (might even use the eero they give me that way).
I’ll upgrade my systems on the Ethernet using USB dongles (several options at around $20 each)
I’m feeling that improving much beyond 2.5 internally is a bit of a waste at this point.
Thanks to all posters in this thread!
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Agreed. Gigabit stuff is cheap, anything north of that is a bit… niche. And it’s totally fine if parts of your network are still at gigabit if you ever switch to faster, you just won’t get full speed on those parts.
So yeah, start by making sure everything can do gigabit at least, and hold off until you need something faster. Chances are, prices and energy use for higher end equipment will come down over time, so by the time you need it, it’ll be a lot cheaper.
If you’re going to run cable though, get the higher end stuff. You don’t necessarily need fiber (that’s a pain), but cables capable of 10gbit are relatively inexpensive and you should probably do that instead of sticking w/ 1gbit lines.