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Mikrotik Switch with 2,5G or 5G Ports.

Fri May 15, 2020 4:14 pm

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 ?
 
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Re: Mikrotik Switch with 2,5G or 5G Ports.

Fri May 15, 2020 4:30 pm

The CRS312-4C+8XG-RM looks like what you need. Or any of the others with enough SFP+ ports and the number of S+RJ10 modules needed.
 
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Re: Mikrotik Switch with 2,5G or 5G Ports.

Fri May 15, 2020 7:38 pm

The CRS312-4C+8XG-RM looks like what you need. Or any of the others with enough SFP+ ports and the number of S+RJ10 modules needed.
well that one has all 10G Ports and is pretty expensive :/
I cannot utalize the 10G at all, so it would be a waste of money.
 
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Re: Mikrotik Switch with 2,5G or 5G Ports.

Fri May 15, 2020 8:16 pm

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.
 
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Re: Mikrotik Switch with 2,5G or 5G Ports.

Fri May 15, 2020 8:30 pm

2.5G and 5G Ethernet is very uncommon.

CRS309-1G-8S+IN with DAC cables is the most sane choise.
 
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Re: Mikrotik Switch with 2,5G or 5G Ports.

Fri May 15, 2020 9:00 pm

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.
 
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Re: Mikrotik Switch with 2,5G or 5G Ports.

Fri May 15, 2020 9:39 pm

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.

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