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Nighthawk X10 10gb connection
hello ! i was wondering if i run a SFP+ cable from my computer to the nighthawk x10 will i be able to access the internet though it? as well as access my usb drive? any help would be great !!!! than...
djahn28 wrote:
I don't plan to nor am I trying to get 10 gigabytes over the internet I just want to be able to have the best connection to my USB storage device as well as have a connection to the internet. When I'm transferring 10 or 12 movies from my main Drive to my USB external drive that's connected via USB 3.0 I'm only getting about 50 or 60 megabytes per second transfer rate from my main computer to the drive with the 10 gigabit connection I should be able to maximize the USB 3.0 skip abilities with the way my way to set up and guess between 120 and 240 megabytes per second give or take.FWIW, smallnetbuilder.com was only able to get 103.7 megabytes per second out of the USB 3.0 port (link). Even a Gigabit port can handle that.
djahn28 wrote:
The setup wasn't too expensive I got to used SFP plus cards on Amazon for $40 and a 100 foot cable for $50 and then the two cable ends were twenty bucks each well then I guess the Nighthawk router as well
This is an interesting approach. Effectively required are: One SFP+ interface card for the computer, either two SFP+ fiber module and a matching fiber, or an SFP+ DAC cable (limited length).
Mid-term, I would like to see Netgear coming up with a small and affordable 10/1 GbE switch with one or to SFP+ ports, and some six to eight 10 GbE copper ports. While fiber and SFP+ are popular in data centers, 10 GbE on copper is much easier to handle in the SOHO/high-end home market. Matter of fact, Netgear did a lot of pioneering with the XS switches, and the 10 GbE enabled ReadyNAS ... all using 10 GbE on copper.
schumaku wrote:
Mid-term, I would like to see Netgear coming up with a small and affordable 10/1 GbE switch with one or to SFP+ ports, and some six to eight 10 GbE copper ports.
The XS708Ev2 has 8 ports total, one can be either 10GBase-T or SFP+.
The price is still high for home users though - ~$700. And PC 10Gbase-T cards cost ~$200.