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10Gb network upgrade/Server projects

Creating an Omada Controller VM

Posted on January 6, 2023 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

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 ...

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Building a router

Posted on December 23, 2022 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

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 ...

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Quieting the MikroTik CRS317

Posted on October 23, 2021 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

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...

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MikroTik CSS610

Posted on January 16, 2021 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

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...

10Gb network upgrade/Product and service reviews

MikroTik CRS317 10GbE switch

Posted on January 6, 2019 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

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...

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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

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...

10Gb network upgrade/Product and service reviews

Quanta LB6M

Posted on January 24, 2017 by Kenneth Ballard / 8 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 / 0 Comment

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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