After deciding to upgrade my “old” 24 PoE switch to a new 48 port PoE switch with 4 SFP+ ports, I decided to check to see if my old house with old Cat5e network wiring will work at 10 gigabit speeds! If this works, I will have a 10 Gbe network connection from my PCs to my HomeLab server rack!
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Items in this video
Intel Server Adapter X540-T1 - https://ebay.us/mQCVfl
USW-PRO-48-POE - https://amzn.to/3PbuFYf
Patch Panel - https://amzn.to/3yuBduk
Slim Patch Cables - https://amzn.to/3yvdmdO
10GBase-T SFP+ Transceiver - https://amzn.to/3atGdHB
Server Rack - https://amzn.to/3AKfj8S
Cat5e Spool (you should buy cat 6) - https://amzn.to/3PwNeX9
Cat6 Spool - https://amzn.to/3Pgk6TC
RJ45 Keystone Jacks - https://amzn.to/3IxwMDG
SFP+ DAC - https://amzn.to/3Pg96py
iperf
Install
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sudo apt update
sudo apt install iperf
on the remote machine
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iperf -s
then on another machine
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iperf -c 192.168.0.104 # ip of the remote machine
Links
⚙️ See all the hardware I recommend at https://l.technotim.live/gear
🚀 Don’t forget to check out the 🚀Launchpad repo with all of the quick start source files