• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    15 天前

    modem

    You don’t need 10GbE WAN to make use of it on your LAN. If you have a lot of internal traffic (self hosting, for example), you really just need an internal router and some switches to support it. It’s more convenient to have your modem be your main router, but that’d not necessary.

    • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works
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      15 天前

      I think that these just aren’t for me. I’ve considered upgrading my gear to 2.5Gb from 1Gb, but it just doesn’t feel worth it to me. Maybe in ten years when everything’s cheaper and more accessible.

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        15 天前

        If everything is constrained by your internet connection, it’s probably not worth it.

        This will help within your home network, such as with a file server or vm host, large video files. Not everyone fits those use cases

        I don’t fit those use cases either, but I want to