| 27 May 2025 |
 matthewcroughan | 8 laptops, 8 of these things, it would work | 11:19:03 |
| matthewcroughan | just jack into the 5G segment with these cheap little adapters | 11:19:24 |
 K900 | https://www.servethehome.com/nicgiga-s100-0800t-review-the-cheap-unmanaged-8-port-10gbase-t-switch-realtek/ | 11:20:22 |
| matthewcroughan | I expect this to be loud AF, but otherwise good | 11:20:47 |
| K900 | https://www.servethehome.com/xikestor-sks1200-8xgt-review-a-cheap-8-port-10gbase-t-switch/ | 11:21:26 |
| K900 | etc | 11:21:27 |
| matthewcroughan | This isn't SFP, so probably runs hot as all hell | 11:21:33 |
| K900 | You're going to be running copper anyway | 11:21:40 |
| K900 | Like | 11:21:42 |
| K900 | The hot as hell part is the phy | 11:21:46 |
| K900 | You don't get to dodge that by doing SFP | 11:21:51 |
| matthewcroughan | I just wanted to have the bpi-r4 running fiber to this switch | 11:21:57 |
| K900 | You'll just be making your SFP modules hot as hell instead | 11:21:58 |
| matthewcroughan | then the switch would have the cooler SFPs | 11:22:05 |
| matthewcroughan | this way the bpi-r4 runs cool, and the switch runs hot | 11:22:23 |
| matthewcroughan | and even then, the heat of the switch is controllable by using the right SFPs that run cooler | 11:22:48 |
 emily | you do get to use ones with the Broadcom chip | 11:23:14 |
| emily | which are significantly cooler and less power-hungry | 11:23:19 |
 Tom | You could also wait and see what happens with the just announced RTL8127. It seems rather efficient. | 11:23:26 |
| matthewcroughan | Interedasting | 11:23:43 |
| matthewcroughan | https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/05/22/realtek-rtl8127-rtl8159-and-rtl8261c-will-power-low-cost-efficient-10-gbps-ethernet-cards-usb-adapters-and-switches/ | 11:23:55 |
| matthewcroughan |
https://www.club386.com/10gbe-lan-will-soon-be-more-common-with-a-10-realtek-chip/
| 11:24:40 |
| matthewcroughan | * https://www.club386.com/10gbe-lan-will-soon-be-more-common-with-a-10-realtek-chip/ | 11:24:44 |
| matthewcroughan |
Faster LAN speeds will become mainstream sooner than you expect.
| 11:24:47 |
| emily | the existing Realtek switch stuff is only in OpenWrt/upstream Linux because of a bunch of people hacking on it. I don't think you can assume Realtek is going to send a nice clean patchset by themselves any time soon | 11:24:48 |
| matthewcroughan | *
Faster LAN speeds will become mainstream sooner than you expect.
| 11:24:54 |
| matthewcroughan | Sure, but maybe there'll be an unmanaged thing I can grab that runs better | 11:26:30 |
| matthewcroughan | Also https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.16-Realtek-RTL8127A | 11:27:15 |
| matthewcroughan | Actually, it was even a realtek employee that submitted that change | 11:29:03 |
| matthewcroughan | https://www.servethehome.com/the-ultimate-cheap-10gbe-switch-buyers-guide-netgear-ubiquiti-qnap-mikrotik-qct/ | 11:32:22 |
