1GB to 10GB symmetrical fibre... what hardware upgrades do I need (ideas listed)?

[henson0115]

Verging well off topic but I feel this needs addressing:


No snobbery from me here - I've done everything from home routers, through prosumer routers, enterprise routers, and even open source software routers. I run a Draytek at home, and run PFSense Community edition on a HP Server hardware at work.

I just can't see the point in spending silly money on an Asus and then having to run 3rd party firmware on it, when you could just buy something like a Flint router (with the Flint 3 being available soon as mentioned) for a 3rd of the cost, and be running something very similar anyway.

Good for you - your use case isn't the same as my use however. Additionally even the best brands have had the odd flaky product or firmware release - it doesn't instant make the whole brand bad (or indeed the opposite)

On the flip side, obviously it would be immensely helpful to the community if we just blindly told everyone to go ahead and spend loads of money on stuff they don't really need, because 99% of users won't actually notice a difference

Clearly there were enough un-happy users, or there wouldn't have been "merlin" or other 3rd party firmware in the first place

Mindset takes a lot of time to change unfortunately - whilst you may have a great experience with your asus routers, some of us haven't had (whether years ago or whatever)


This really is the clincher. If you can't take possible negative opinions and have your heart set on doing something, then just do it anyway

the user is asking for advice, rather than people just blindly saying no, what I'm suggesting is that people offer a why not and a solution, some of the response on this thread are laughable and the op has even asked 1 replyer to stop wasting there time. maybe if people cant be constructive they shouldn't post?

 

[ChrisD.]

the user is asking for advice, rather than people just blindly saying no, what I'm suggesting is that people offer a why not and a solution, some of the response on this thread are laughable and the op has even asked 1 replyer to stop wasting there time. maybe if people cant be constructive they shouldn't post?

I'm suggesting the OP save some money, most of the internet is on 1 Gbps interfaces, outside of services such as Steam/Usenet etc, there is very little use for > 1 Gbps. Are you the type of person to buy a 5090 to drive 1080p?

You are suggesting a brand with a history of security issues, disregard for its consumers, frankly laughable marketing, and questionable ethics when it comes to support/updates/RMAs etc. I could go on. There's no snobbery here, especially when there are plenty of devices I (and others) would happily recommend that cost less money.

 

[henson0115]

I'm suggesting the OP save some money, most of the internet is on 1 Gbps interfaces, outside of services such as Steam/Usenet etc, there is very little use for > 1 Gbps. Are you the type of person to buy a 5090 to drive 1080p?

You are suggesting a brand with a history of security issues, disregard for its consumers, frankly laughable marketing, and questionable ethics when it comes to support/updates/RMAs etc. I could go on. There's no snobbery here, especially when there are plenty of devices I (and others) would happily recommend that cost less money.

just because you have no use of 10gbps does not mean anyone else does, there is also a thing such as planning for the future, speeds are always on the increase, the user might not want 10gbps for the internet but for other reasons.
im not suggesting the brand at all, im suggesting that most people write things off, if it doesn't fall into line with what they perceive as being good and im saying that all of the reasoning you are saying or lack of in the previous posts is nonsense. its all based on your opinion on the matter and not what's the op has asked; so maybe instead post an informed reason as to why you think that instead of ignoring his request. ive merely come here to say ive used the router brand you are syaing is crap sucessfully and better than a previous router it replaced and so if the op wants to go that route it can actually work. im actually replying to the question asked instead of inserting my personal bias. i dont care either way on the brand he picks..

 

[Subliminal Aura]

Hmmmmm if you're looking at 10G then you're looking at upgrading far beyond just your network.

It's about the target devices most of which won't handle 2.5G let alone 10G

Upgrade the network, upgrade the target device interfaces, upgrade the wifi APs, upgrade target disk/ssd throughput
All in all it's a very expensive upgrade

If it were me I would just terminate the fibre by getting one of those cheap managed 2.5G switches that have a couple 10G SFP+ ports, VLAN it off and slowly upgrade devices one at a time

 

[ChrisD.]

just because you have no use of 10gbps does not mean anyone else does

Who said I didn't? I've had 10 GbE network throughout my house for what must be 10 years, I even have a 100 GbE switch.

so maybe instead post an informed reason as to why you think that instead of ignoring his request

That's exactly what I did, it was a tongue in cheek comment however it's still perfectly valid and contributes to the discussion. I'll put a smiley on the end of any future tongue in cheek comments so that people understand.

People on here constantly ask for 'best GPU/CPU etc' and it's quite common for people to comment in a similar manor, ie, 'hey mate you don't need a 5090 for 1080p 120Hz'. I was merely highlighting that > 1 Gbps is often not required and the cost to get there is more than people realise. Just because a router/firewall has a 10 GbE port does not mean it can route/NAT at that speed. Then there's other factors to consider, such as device NICs, disk speeds etc.

im actually replying to the question asked instead of inserting my personal bias

As am I, explained above. However I did so in a way not to discredit or get into some random internet argument with another poster or posters. Which you did.