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10Gb network upgrade

Revisiting the Quanta LB6M

Posted on November 12, 2017 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Back in January of this year, I acquired a Quanta LB6M to upgrade my home network to 10GbE, at least for the primary machines in the group. In recently also acq...

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10 gigabit home network – Summary

Posted on February 21, 2017 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

If you want to bring 10GbE into your home network, and keep it on a low budget, you really don’t need all that much. First question to ask: how many compu...

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Quanta LB6M

Posted on January 24, 2017 by Kenneth Ballard / 11 Comments

So let’s talk about that 10GbE switch I bought on eBay. First, loud is too soft a word to describe this. It has two 1U power supplies and three 40mm fans....

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10Gb home network – Retrospective

Posted on January 18, 2017 by Kenneth Ballard / 2 Comments

Significant time and some not-insignificant expense went into bringing this project to fruition. Only to be surpassed by something significantly better and less...

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10 gigabit (10Gb) home network – Zone 2 switch – Part 2

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Last I left I mentioned that I was waiting for some hardware to arrive. The SFP+ transceivers and optical fiber cables along with a power supply from EVGA’...

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10 gigabit (10Gb) home network – Zone 2 switch – Part 1

Posted on December 26, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

With the first zone effectively done, it was time to plan the second switch. The requirements here are a little more involved than the Zone 1 switch: 10GbE upli...

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10 gigabit (10Gb) home network – Zone 1 switch

Posted on December 10, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

The first switch is complete. Mostly. Current specifications: CPU: AMD FX-8320E with Noctua NH-L9a Mainboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme6, Enzotech SLF-40 w/ Noctua N...

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Again, Amazon?

Posted on December 2, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

I’ve written of several problems I’ve had with Amazon. The one that still takes the cake is when I ordered the Shrek collection on Blu-Ray and recei...

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10 gigabit (10Gb) home network – Part II

Posted on November 27, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Before continuing, first a few notes on the previous iteration. Firmware. FreeNAS’s driver for the Chelsio card complained about the firmware version. The...

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10 gigabit (10Gb) home network – Part I

Posted on November 20, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 5 Comments

Right now my home network is entirely Gigabit — minus any wireless devices or laptops that are using “Fast Ethernet” (i.e. 100 Mbps). And the ...

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