I am currently looking for a switch for my home network, that I can mount in my network rack, however while looking through the Mikrotik Switch lineup, I noticed the lack of 2,5 or 5G ports. Some switches have SFP+, but I don’t even need those. Most switches have all 1G ports. I would just really like a switch that has either all ports 2,5/5G, or at least 4-10 2,5/5G ports. Those are mainly for my NAS and work computer, but also other servers in the future.
Is there something fitting in the Mikrotik lineup or something coming in the future ?
Then no, there is nothing in the MT lineup that will fit. They have nothing that will only do mGig but not 10G. Whether there is anything planned, your guess is as good as mine
And I don’t know of anyone who does, at least not for less than the CRS312.
Well, I can see where he is coming from. MGig is getting more common on new motherboards, so it’s not unreasonable to want utilize it. But switch silicon that only does mGig without also doing 10G is rare as hen’s teeth, if it exists at all, so switch vendors don’t build switches that do. It’s 10G (with 2.5 & 5G thrown in ‘for free’) or 1G.
DAC cables are great if a) distances are short (7m or less. Active DACs are already not really cost-effective vs. 10GBASE-SR) and b) your stuff has SFP+ cages to begin with. Most of the new stuff doesn’t, and the mGig-only gear certainly doesn’t.
I hoped that 2.5G could become new baseline, it’s not huge jump from 1G, but after all those years it would be nice. But if I can buy new managed 24-port 1G switch for ~$130 and the speed is still mostly ok for home use, there’s no way I’m going to pay ten times more for 10G. It’s simply not worth it.
