Hi folks, in the next days the ISP will upgrade my 1G symmetric fiber to 10G (for free, the ISP CEO it’s a friend!) here in Italy.
The fiber is AON, no XGS-PON, is delivred by an SFP+ BiDi single fiber.
I know 10G is actually “overkill” at home and I agree with “1G is more then enogh”, but for free upgrade I can’t reject it :)
Anyway, I want to build a low consumption router, maybe an x86 with at least 1x10G SFP+ port to direct connect the provider SFP+ and another 10G SFP+ or baseT to go to LAN.
I’ve see this interesting video regarding Fujitsu S920 ( Cheap & Capable pfSense/OpenWRT Machine! Fujitsu S920 Router Review - YouTube ), but I’m not sure the rea limit with NAT/routing, etc on a singli PCIeX1 lane.
Any advice are welcome!!
Are you on XGS-PON 10G? 8G will be the maximum that you can get with the PON tree free, it’s a great result! Just check on eBay, 87€ shipped with Xeon-E3 1230 or 1270 same price, it’s outstanding cheap! The cons is the space that required but I can move it on the garage/basement. Do you know the power consumption? After “the wars” the power cost double here…