| 27 May 2025 |
 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 |
| matthewcroughan | it's going to be painful to wait, but maybe it's for the best | 11:32:37 |
| matthewcroughan | TP-Link TL-ST1008F can operate unmanaged though, so maybe that's good | 11:33:24 |
| matthewcroughan | So maybe I get that.. and then when better stuff comes out, get that | 11:34:07 |
| matthewcroughan | emily: what do you think | 11:40:35 |
| matthewcroughan | https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008880328780.html | 11:40:37 |
| matthewcroughan | Transmission Speed: 10 GMbps | 11:40:45 |
| matthewcroughan | giga mega | 11:40:50 |
| matthewcroughan | Lmfao https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008290777883.html | 11:41:52 |
| matthewcroughan | these guys own it | 11:41:54 |
| matthewcroughan | they say theirs are hotter, and that this is a good thing in one of their pics | 11:42:02 |
