Recently moved to another home and had the home wired with Cat6A cable. I know our cable provider does not yet provide a 10GB signal, however, since I was spending money to wire, and Cat6A is backwards compatible, I went with it. With the same approach in mind, meaning, but a switch that will have 10GB when available, I have been struggling to find what I need. I did just order the XGS1250-12 swithc that has 7 x 10GB RJ-45 ports and 1 x 10GB SFP+ port. This switch will go be at the starting point of the network.
However, in a few rooms I will need a small switch to with 3 or 4 X 10GB ports. I am really having a hard time finding such a port, and not being a network expert, have some questions about SFP+.
I do find quite a few switches affordable switches have 3 or 4 SFP+ x 10GB ports, but I have Cat6A with RJ-45.
Looking for help on this topic. I have been told I can use a transceiver in the SFP+ ports and plug an RJ-45 Cat6A cable into it, but they seem expensive, often $50 and higher for each. For my needs, I could potentially need 6 to 10 of these, making this a non-starter.
OK, let me end this long rant. Any help on how I can do this in a cost effective way, or anyone that knows of a 3 to 4 port 10GB switch for Cat6A RJ-45 ports would be greatly appreciated
I know our cable provider does not yet provide a 10GB signal, however, since I was spending money to wire, and Cat6A is backwards compatible, I went with it. With the same approach in mind, meaning, but a switch that will have 10GB when available, I have been struggling to find what I need.
Many more reasons to operate a LAN on Gigabit, on 10G, or even faster than the pure Internet speed.
I did just order the XGS1250-12 swithc that has 7 x 10GB RJ-45 ports and 1 x 10GB SFP+ port. This switch will go be at the starting point of the network.
In my reading the ZyXEL XGS1250-12 has eight Gigabit ports, three MultiGig/10Gb ports, plus one SFP+.
Not sure this is the right 10G switch for a 10G core - depends on the number of rooms to be covered of course.
However, in a few rooms I will need a small switch to with 3 or 4 X 10GB ports. I am really having a hard time finding such a port, and not being a network expert, have some questions about SFP+.
Netgear's standard offering in this range would be the MS510 models, with the MS510TXM for example offering four 1Gb/2.5Gb, four MutiGig/10Gb, and two SFP+ 10G/1G slots. It's also available with Ultra60 PoE++ as the MS510TXUP. Alternate, the earlier MS510TX and it's PoE+ MS510TXPP sibling have one SFP+ and one 10G uplink ports bout only two 5Gb MultiGig, two 2.5Gb MultiGig, and four Gigabit ports. All these make nice distribution switches for each room.
Alternate, there are the lightly configureable GS110EMX with two 10Gb MultiGig ports, plus eight Gigabit ports, fully fanless.
I do find quite a few switches affordable switches have 3 or 4 SFP+ x 10GB ports, but I have Cat6A with RJ-45.
The expensive part of 10G and 10G/MultiGig is always the copper transceiver, even if built-in. Scratch the idea for a three or four port switch - not cost-effective, to limited. You always need at least one port more.
The other argument here is the lack of PoE/PoE+/PoE++ availability on SFP+ garge switches.
Netgear also offers smaller unmanaged (read no VLAN config, no QoS) XS505M with four 10Gb MultiGig ports and one SFP+, or XS508M with eight 10Gb MultiGig ports (one shared as SFP+). These are the "typical" MultiGig/10G replacement units for the ubiquitous five and eight port Fast and Gigabit switches.
If re-wiring a house today, I would consider to add a bunch of fibers to each room, most likely single mode. Short range fiber transceivers are very affordable these days, and do 't suffer from the limited reach of 33...50 meters for SFP+ RJ45 10G copper modules.
Looking for help on this topic. I have been told I can use a transceiver in the SFP+ ports and plug an RJ-45 Cat6A cable into it, but they seem expensive, often $50 and higher for each. For my needs, I could potentially need 6 to 10 of these, making this a non-starter.
Well, you can have an eye on the Cisco and other major brand list prices for SFP/SFP+/QSFP and the like modules - the priced higher than gold why ever. Compatible units in the 50..80 USD range are reasonable offerings - where you really need one of these.
