Magebarf
Regular Contributor
Okay, this day came (or will come) a lot earlier than i thought it would.
And to start this thread off, this is merely a "because I can", or rather a "because I want to", project. No necessities, only pure tech interest and general madness driving this.
Today my soon to be ISP (Bahnhof, Swedish) announced they've just finished their new round of infrastructure upgrades, which enables them to offer symmetric 10 gigabit connections for their customers.
This at the price point of roughly $60 USD a month regular price, with a initial offer of $36 a month for the first 6 months.
My expected delivery of what initially was a 1 gigabit connection from the same ISP is planned for the first of March, for slightly higher monthly cost. So of course I decided to give them a call and have the speed multiplied by 10 while having my first 6 months for a cheaper rate than expected, and the same price as my current (soon to be ex) ISP offers for 250/100mbit/s.
So, now my luxurious troubles begins; how do I best utilize this.
Based on the information I received when placing my change request today, I'll be shipped a new media converter soon (hopefully before my access fiber switches port in the closest station), but even the person in the customer service had not yet seen or had any information on exact what type of device this will be. All I know so far is that I will be connecting to a RJ45 connector on my side of the converter. The current one I received in preparation for my gigabit line is a simple SFP port to RJ45 converter, but I'm not yet sure if the new one is fully integrated or if it will be housing a SFP+ module.
My initial point I'd need to address is most likely also the reason I'm starting the thread in this sub-forum; My current router (Ubiquity ERL-3) ain't prepared for this.
Until I receive the new media converter and know if this has a SFP+ module I can reuse, I'm not sure whether I'm limited to routers connecting using 10GBASE-T/RJ45, so I'm investigating that playing field first and expanding once I know more.
With that limitation in mind, I have so far not found a single off-the-shelf router with a 10gigabit RJ45 connection built in. So, if going that route, I'm guessing pfSense with a custom built setup will the only path at the moment?
If instead looking down the path of SFP+ equipped routers and modules, my initial research leads me to a single main options for the router, especially if trying to keep things under something that could be called a budget: MikroTik CRS317-1G-16S+RM. Barring money, a Ubiquity EdgeRouter Infinity may be an option as well.
Do any of you have any experience with running the MikroTik smart switches with RouterOs, and is that a feasible option?
As for SFP+ modules I've seen Aquantia AQS-107 since before, but while looking at things today I realized that MikroTik S+RJ10 has been made available, which in my case will be a lot more economical (a third of the price) and if I'm guessing compatibility should be fine if going with the MikroTik unit for routing...
Any type of input or experience, new products or just good ideas and pointers for useful information is welcome!
The main limitations as for now is: 10Gbit/s RJ45 -> <new router> -> RJ45. Switching and cabling is not that big of an issue, as I already have CAT-6A cabling for my drops, and I'm already planning to replace switches to devices with 10gbit/s uplinks.
And once again, this is merely a enthusiast project. I'm not expecting any night and day differences, but I'm excitedly looking forward to what will happen in the consumer, and prosumer (even if I find that a vague label for networking equipment), market with regards to 10gbit devices, as right now (alright, in about a week's time) my bandwidth bottleneck has definitely moved within my house.
And to start this thread off, this is merely a "because I can", or rather a "because I want to", project. No necessities, only pure tech interest and general madness driving this.
Today my soon to be ISP (Bahnhof, Swedish) announced they've just finished their new round of infrastructure upgrades, which enables them to offer symmetric 10 gigabit connections for their customers.
This at the price point of roughly $60 USD a month regular price, with a initial offer of $36 a month for the first 6 months.
My expected delivery of what initially was a 1 gigabit connection from the same ISP is planned for the first of March, for slightly higher monthly cost. So of course I decided to give them a call and have the speed multiplied by 10 while having my first 6 months for a cheaper rate than expected, and the same price as my current (soon to be ex) ISP offers for 250/100mbit/s.
So, now my luxurious troubles begins; how do I best utilize this.
Based on the information I received when placing my change request today, I'll be shipped a new media converter soon (hopefully before my access fiber switches port in the closest station), but even the person in the customer service had not yet seen or had any information on exact what type of device this will be. All I know so far is that I will be connecting to a RJ45 connector on my side of the converter. The current one I received in preparation for my gigabit line is a simple SFP port to RJ45 converter, but I'm not yet sure if the new one is fully integrated or if it will be housing a SFP+ module.
My initial point I'd need to address is most likely also the reason I'm starting the thread in this sub-forum; My current router (Ubiquity ERL-3) ain't prepared for this.
Until I receive the new media converter and know if this has a SFP+ module I can reuse, I'm not sure whether I'm limited to routers connecting using 10GBASE-T/RJ45, so I'm investigating that playing field first and expanding once I know more.
With that limitation in mind, I have so far not found a single off-the-shelf router with a 10gigabit RJ45 connection built in. So, if going that route, I'm guessing pfSense with a custom built setup will the only path at the moment?
If instead looking down the path of SFP+ equipped routers and modules, my initial research leads me to a single main options for the router, especially if trying to keep things under something that could be called a budget: MikroTik CRS317-1G-16S+RM. Barring money, a Ubiquity EdgeRouter Infinity may be an option as well.
Do any of you have any experience with running the MikroTik smart switches with RouterOs, and is that a feasible option?
As for SFP+ modules I've seen Aquantia AQS-107 since before, but while looking at things today I realized that MikroTik S+RJ10 has been made available, which in my case will be a lot more economical (a third of the price) and if I'm guessing compatibility should be fine if going with the MikroTik unit for routing...
Any type of input or experience, new products or just good ideas and pointers for useful information is welcome!
The main limitations as for now is: 10Gbit/s RJ45 -> <new router> -> RJ45. Switching and cabling is not that big of an issue, as I already have CAT-6A cabling for my drops, and I'm already planning to replace switches to devices with 10gbit/s uplinks.
And once again, this is merely a enthusiast project. I'm not expecting any night and day differences, but I'm excitedly looking forward to what will happen in the consumer, and prosumer (even if I find that a vague label for networking equipment), market with regards to 10gbit devices, as right now (alright, in about a week's time) my bandwidth bottleneck has definitely moved within my house.