| 27 May 2025 |
 matthewcroughan - nix.zone | Lmfao https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008290777883.html | 11:41:52 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | these guys own it | 11:41:54 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | they say theirs are hotter, and that this is a good thing in one of their pics | 11:42:02 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | stable from 0 to 70c, others only go up to 40c 😎 | 11:42:16 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | When the SFPs cost more than the switch.. lol | 11:47:11 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | total cost would be 300 GBP for SFPs, 90 GBP for the switch | 11:47:25 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sodola-5GBase-T-Transceiver-Compatible-Ubiquiti/dp/B0DZ1P8WCT | 11:50:35 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | Huh interesting, these are 5G SFPs that support autonegotiation and are half the price | 11:50:48 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/1gh1v7h/realtek_to_launch_rtl8127_10gbe_ethernet/ | 11:56:38 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | lol @ this thread | 11:56:40 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone |
It's a bit early to celebrate, we are just about to start getting milked with 5 GbE in mainstream products, so the drip feeding plan is still working well.
| 11:56:43 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | FFFFFFFFF | 11:56:45 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | Wait, so network speeds are limited by patents? | 11:59:45 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | https://patents.google.com/patent/US7164692B2/en
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20030217215A1/en | 11:59:50 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | In general then, we should expect to see a more affordable SFP based on these cheap, cool 10G realtek chips | 12:03:30 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | Quite surprised that there isn't an SFP+ based on this that we can already buy, there are a bunch of USB C converters that are based on this that you can buy already | 12:05:38 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008719558029.html | 12:12:30 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | wow | 12:12:33 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | you could just plug this right into the bpi-r4 as-is | 12:12:35 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | https://www.taobao.com/list/item/769251476673.htm | 12:14:10 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | okay theeeere it is.. | 12:14:14 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | That is the new cheap 10G SFP based on rtl8261c | 12:14:29 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | 19.36 GBP | 12:15:07 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | So basically, again, China wins | 12:20:43 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | How do I order from Taobao | 12:20:55 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | magic_rb: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Real-HD-Unmanaged-Multi-Gigabit-10G-2-5G-1G/dp/B0CWTZMGQM | 12:33:17 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | this looks similar to the unmanaged stuff you found on ali | 12:33:30 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | What is with that "Rate Setting" stuff though | 12:33:45 |
 emily | that is not what that figure means | 12:34:22 |
| emily | it's talking about ambient temperature | 12:34:25 |
