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rehydrate5503@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Thanks for throwing me down a rabbit hole lol, I learned so much today. I spent a good chunk of the day researching this stuff, and found a couple of options. Came across these HP NC522SFP 10Gb NICs, someone selling 2 for under $100. My understanding is I can pair these with the generic DACs at FS.com (thanks for sharing this btw) and any 10Gb SFP switch, and I will be able to get the 10Gb link? And right, a transceiver to get the link from the ISP to the router.

I still have to do the runs for the second floor and other half of the main, but the basement is done. The whole NAS, HV, router and all that live in the basement, and the main PC will be moving there so would be easy enough to do some fiber runs there, and it’s all short. I think the longest would be 15 feet. Thanks!

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SteveTech@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Came across these HP NC522SFP 10Gb NICs

Yeah I have one and they’re pretty good, and I haven’t had an issue using it with generic stuff.

a transceiver to get the link from the ISP to the router

Correct! Make sure to get an ethernet/10GBase-T one, because there are other transceivers.

would be easy enough to do some fiber runs there, and it’s all short.

I did forget to mention that you would need more transceivers to convert between the fibre and SFP+, and they are rated for up to different lengths but they should reduce their power for shorter distances. They also come in different speeds too, but unless you’re really strapped for cash, it’s not worth it to go below 10G.

I currently have a 300m ones doing a run of 30m, and I’m about to do a 10m run too. Also these are about AU$10-$20, I find FTLX8571D3BCLs the cheapest, but there are others. (I actually got mine for free off a guy on Reddit)

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