Creating an Omada Controller VM
This will outline how to create a VM for running the TP-Link Omada Controller software. These same steps can also be used to install the software to a physical ...
Category: 10Gb network upgrade
Building a router
Amazing that it’s been… 6 years (as of this writing) since I decided to pursue 10GbE. First trying to build a custom switch, then dropping all that ...
Quieting the MikroTik CRS317
I actually never thought I’d be writing this article. Almost three years ago when I wrote my review of the MikroTik CRS317, I said it’s “quiet...
MikroTik CSS610
Note: MikroTik recently introduced the CSS610-8P-2S+-IN, which has Power-Over-Ethernet (POE). This review is about the CSS610-8G-2S+-IN, which does not have POE...
MikroTik CRS317 10GbE switch
For the last two years I’ve been using the Quanta LB6M as the backbone of my home network. A 24 port SFP+ switch with four (4) GbE RJ45 ports connecting t...
Revisiting the Quanta LB6M
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...
10 gigabit home network – Summary
Last updated: May 27, 2019 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 ques...
Quanta LB6M
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....
10Gb home network – Retrospective
Significant time and some not-insignificant expense went into bringing this project to fruition. Only to be surpassed by something significantly better and less...
10 gigabit (10Gb) home network – Zone 2 switch – Part 2
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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