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If you are implementing 10 GBE at distances less than 5-7 m, I highly recommend standardizing on DAC cabling. It removes the need for these kinds of conversions
by tcdent 4mo ago
If you are implementing 10 GBE at distances less than 5-7 m, I highly recommend standardizing on DAC cabling. It removes the need for these kinds of conversions that create these kinds of heat signatures.
- iknowstuff 4mo agoWish apartments would come with those
- tuetuopay 4mo agoSo much this. The rule of thumb is: avoid SFP-RJ45 converters at all costs, you'll be burned by them (literally and figuratively). They all are little snowflakes. Compatibility is hit-or-miss. They run hot. They eat more power. They're finnicky. Heck, they plain out lie about what they are (I've got some that pretend to be fibre with 3m of copper, sure). So yeah, DAC it is for patch, fibre for anything more.
- tcdent 3mo agoI would also add that the high-quality ones are quite expensive, and that I found incorporating an RJ45 switch with an SFP uplink was more economical for the cases that needed RJ45 (or gigabit) connectivity.
- gpjt 4mo agoOP here -- yes, 100%! Within my study it's DACs all the way. I only use 10GBASE-T where it's the only option: through the wall cabling, and from the connector on my ISP's crappy router to the mini-PC that acts as the real router.