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tankplanker@lemmy.world 21 hours agoFuture proofing, at some point I will go 2.5gb sync or higher on my Internet pipe, the connection I think can go 10gb sync with some upgrades to the local exchange.
Also because I can, and almost everything else I own for my back haul already has 10gb ports and the bandwidth to support it including my router and all my switches.
Do I need it? Absolutely not, its just fun to do and the only reason I haven’t done so yet is cost of suitable hardware.
realitista@lemmus.org 20 hours ago
Yeah I tend to wait until I could at least hypothetically use it because you pay a big premium to “future proof”. 10Gbit is still too pricey for me to roll out.
tankplanker@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Its not that bad if you go with mikrotik, but their configuration isn’t for everyone as its a long way from say Asus in terms of simplicity.
Their budget 8x10gb is about £220, pretty reasonable for a fully managed switch. Sure its not going to let you max out all 8 ports at the same time with multiple vlans even with the hardware offload, but whose expecting that from a budget switch?
I am never really going to benefit from it fully, not least in the short to medium term. What I will get is the fun from upgrading.