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Upgrading My Apartment Network to 10Gbps Ethernet and Wi-Fi 7
I want to upgrade my apartment's home network to 10Gbps Ethernet with Wi-Fi 7. Even though it’s just an apartment, every band and channel seems to be taken. Fortunately, I already have Ethernet runni...
Whether you use the 2.5 or 10g wouldn't really matter a whole lot if you only have 1.2gig service.
Not sure how many runs you have but I picked up an unmanaged 2.5gig switch (trendnet) for around $70 and its been a workhorse. 10g will come down in prices with it becoming more common so it might not be a horrible plan to use the 2.5gig switch until you needed 10g speeds
and while you don't like wifi (I don't for a lot of things), the benefit to 5ghz and 6ghz is they have reduced range and penetration power. So while they might not have a "free" band (6ghz should), those bands don't penetrate far, broadcast as long while transmitting data, and have less interference. The 2.4ghz is pretty pointless in apartment living but the other bands should still be pretty solid
Another couple things.
Depending on the size of your apartment, the 970 series might be overkill and oversaturate it. And if you're using a wired backhaul, the RBE773 series might be an alternate option. Either series would saturate even a 2gig connection (I have both series and a 2 gig connection. I've tested it).
Orbi RBE773: $700 + unmanaged 8 port switch $70= $770
Orbi RBE973 $2300 + XS508 ($500) or XS505m ($330)= $2630-$2800
Quite a price difference if the bottleneck is the 1.2 gig service
What are you currently using?
plemans wrote:Another couple things.
Depending on the size of your apartment, the 970 series might be overkill and oversaturate it. And if you're using a wired backhaul, the RBE773 series might be an alternate option. Either series would saturate even a 2gig connection (I have both series and a 2 gig connection. I've tested it).
Orbi RBE773: $700 + unmanaged 8 port switch $70= $770
Orbi RBE973 $2300 + XS508 ($500) or XS505m ($330)= $2630-$2800
I was thinking that using a router in the closet where the cabling terminates is probably better served by an unmanaged switch.
Do you have evidence that the Ethernet switch in routers you are getting are better than the switch hardware in switches you can get or is there some other function you need this device to provide?
If you did use a switch there it would endure over multiple router updates (certainly 10Gbps is going to be fastest for a while) and would allow you to purchase a kit with a router and just one satellite.
