| 21 May 2025 |
 magic_rb | Which part of this is not making sense | 12:12:00 |
 emily | ^ | 12:12:03 |
 matthewcroughan - nix.zone | Why involve the SFPs later, when I could just have regular copper cat6a | 12:12:25 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | and tell people to get a cheapo 32 quid sabrent 5gbps dongle later | 12:12:51 |
| emily | because you can get a more flexible switch that also works with non-10GBASET | 12:12:52 |
| emily | like does that thing you want even support negotiating lower data rates? | 12:13:02 |
| emily | ok it does | 12:13:11 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | now that could be the thing that kills it | 12:13:12 |
| emily | so there's that at least | 12:13:13 |
| emily | but like you can get something cheaper off AliExpress and a multi-pack of good Broadcom chip 10GBASE-T SFP+s | 12:13:38 |
| emily | and have more flexibility for later | 12:13:43 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | Yeah so I could get this 100 quid switch that pumps out 10GbE, and then people can grab a cheapo sabrent usb c dongle, and they'll be able to get 5gpbs on the LAN | 12:13:45 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | total cost is less than 200GBP | 12:13:54 |
| emily | the kind of person who wants 10G at a Hackspace is also plausibly the kind of person who is going to want SFP | 12:14:00 |
| emily | agh whatever you can just do whatever nuts thing you've talked yourself into as the only option | 12:14:19 |
| emily | this is all I'll say | 12:14:48 |
| emily | I just searched "10g sfp switch" on AliExpress | 12:14:55 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | the SFP setup is a bit harder, because then you have to run fiber to the wall plates | 12:15:00 |
| emily | 8 SFP+ ports, $95 | 12:15:03 |
| emily | that's a lot of SFP+ buying budget | 12:15:11 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | and I'm not sure SFP wall plates exist, so I'd have to DIY that | 12:15:14 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | I mean, both can be done at a low cost | 12:15:28 |
| emily | it's genuinely not even a little bit harder in any way | 12:15:28 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | I could get both, and then have all the connectivity options | 12:15:37 |
| emily | once you put the copper SFP+ modules in, you have the exact same interface as the thing you want to buy | 12:15:39 |
| emily | given that, there is no way it can complicate any plan… | 12:15:50 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | Ah right I forgor | 12:15:59 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | only one side has to be SFP | 12:16:06 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | that was the problem with my thinking :D | 12:16:15 |
| magic_rb | In reply to @matthewcroughan:defenestrate.it
the SFP setup is a bit harder, because then you have to run fiber to the wall plates No what the fuck are are you on | 12:16:35 |
