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Google Fiber goes big with 20-gig plan (www.fiercetelecom.com)
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[–] 27 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Just cost me 1K to replace 3 NICs, 1 router, and 2 switches to freaking 2.5Gb.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I got one of the 2.5 x 8 + 10 switches StH reviewed for like $80, and x520 nics are $20. I'm happy with it for homelab stuff!

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Nice! I bought some used 10g UniFi stuff (dream machine and switch) for $500 and a pair of 10g NICs and a SFP+ cable for $80 on eBay. All in CAD. Already had some UniFi WAPs.

    Homelabbing has been such a fun hobby, if a little expensive at times.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    10Gbps used enterprise equipment is pretty cheap on eBay. Biggest problem I've had is getting compatible SFP+ adapters for the NICs.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    Flexoptix reprogrammable tranceivers are a godsend for that. We use them almost exclusively at work and so do quite a few of ours customers (Universities and other places of higher education). But it's probably hard to justify the cost of a reprogrammer box for a household. You can buy their transceivers pre-programmed though.

    FScom has something similar, but I can't vouch for those, never tried. Their patch cables are fine though.

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