Arfa
Prominent Member
I'm in the middle of laying down ethernet cable around a new house and decided to use cat6a cable, patch panel, and sockets to future proof things for 10Gigabit. I still only have a 1 Gigabit switch and NICs in all the computers in the house, and although I know its all backward compatible, I can't help but wonder if there is any 10Gbe kit that's worth checking out (new or 2nd hand) that won't totally break the bank. Last time I looked it was £400+ a NIC and £500-600+ for a switch with a few ports on it, or they're all STP+ fibre transceivers for links within a cabinet.
I've two PCs with PCIe slots (one being my main file server) and two older MacBook Pros with Thunderbolt2 sockets. Switch is a 3Com baseline 2924, though I'm only using about a dozen of the sockets thus far and only 3-4 really need 10Gbe.
So what's worth checking out for copper 10Gbe over cat6a RJ45 connections that's not crazy money?
I've two PCs with PCIe slots (one being my main file server) and two older MacBook Pros with Thunderbolt2 sockets. Switch is a 3Com baseline 2924, though I'm only using about a dozen of the sockets thus far and only 3-4 really need 10Gbe.
So what's worth checking out for copper 10Gbe over cat6a RJ45 connections that's not crazy money?