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Re:Ubiquiti SFP Wizard by LtdJorge on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @04:19PM (#45738549)
I have a few SFP+ doing 10GbE over UTP from 10Gtek in a Mikrotik. They work perfectly, although hot (to be expected).
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Re:Ubiquiti SFP Wizard by MisterTea on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @11:37AM (#45748276)
I have found that a fiber patch cable paired with two SFPs is cheaper and more power efficient than an equivalent UTP setup. This lead me to move to all fiber/DAC for 10Gb save for the 10Gb UTP link to my router that lacks SFP.

I have the 8 port 10Gb + 1 Gb from mikrotik and the UTP SFP's run stupid hot because they have to drive a cable at GHz speeds. The fiber and DAC (direct attach cable) SFPs are cool to the touch by comparison.

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