JonD Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 I have been interested in trying the Buffalo BS-GS2016 and hooking it up to my EtherREGEN via SFP (optical); but being in the UK (or Europe) means that this switch has been unavailable for quite some time. It should be £100 or less; but at the moment all I see are ones from Japan (via ebay) at £220+ and that's before taking account of tax and duty. So I was wondering if there is a similar alternative that people have been trying instead (but not the ridiculously priced Melco/Dela S100). Thanks Jon Emmastefano 1 Link to comment
keler Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 You can have a Cisco 2960 second hand on eBay. Around 50 dollars. Has SFP ports. Some have it with the ER. Link to comment
R1200CL Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 2 hours ago, JonD said: So I was wondering if there is a similar alternative that people have been trying instead (but not the ridiculously priced Melco/Dela S100). How about the $99 Mikrotik? https://mikrotik.com/product/css610_8g_2s_in Link to comment
JonD Posted May 5, 2021 Author Share Posted May 5, 2021 Thanks for the recommendations, much appreciated. 👍👍👍 Link to comment
JonD Posted May 11, 2021 Author Share Posted May 11, 2021 Went with a Mikrotik CRS112-8G-4S-IN in the end. I was after SFP ports and not the SFP+ so I can try the 10G Finisar SFP+ modules. Mikrotik(1G)+FinisarSFP(10G) > 5m optical cable (Singlemode) > FinisarSFP(10G)+EtherREGEN(1G) If the Mikrotik SFPs were 10G then the signal across the Finisar's would be 10G and the EtherREGEN wouldnt have been able to process it and connect via its SFP. Tokyokyoto 1 Link to comment
gionaz Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 if you care, I have two to sell, of Buffalo BS-GS2016. it is a version already modified internally. Link to comment
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