One of the rooms that will get the 10G switch needs a good 8-10 1G ports, which is why the CSS610 was so ideal. When (if?) they fix the VLANs and Management UI access issues, I’ll likely go for it.
I know fiber isn’t so fragile that it snaps by looking at it, but where I have to pull it is in a low-ceiling attic and until I can convince my wife to crawl up there, will be doing it as a solo job. At this point, I have a 100% success record with copper and just don’t want to deal with the conditions for my first fiber deployment.
Tie the fiber cable to the Copper cable you are pulling, pull on the copper cable. I did all my wiring solo. If anything pull both cables Fiber & copper.
Tie the fiber cable to the Copper cable you are pulling, pull on the copper cable. I did all my wiring solo. If anything pull both cables Fiber & copper.
I may just do that. Would Single Mode Fiber Optic Cable - LC/LC, UL, 9/125 Type, Duplex, Yellow, 20m, Corning do the job? Monoprice sells it for $9.99.
It’s almost absurd how cheap it is now. I remember having to connect to Cisco switches across rooms in a satellite office and the cables and transceivers were close to a grand. Granted it was Cisco, so maybe all the cost was in the transceivers.
I’m only looking for a switch that can bridge two halves of my house and connect to a NAS with a 10G port, so that Nexus would be overkill. Also, you must have come late, because I don’t have room for a full width switch.
The point is moot now, as a couple of people on the Mikrotik forum claim that RC12 of the firmware resolves much, so I decided to take the plunge and ordered a pair of CSS610s and copper 10G transceivers for a little over $300 shipped. Worst case, they go on eBay “like new.”
I’m loving my Aruba stuff !!