Help us make the Firewalla Gold 10Gbit Unit
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My ideal configuration with this setup would be 1x sfp+, 1 10g RJ45 and 2 2.5g, along with 8GB of RAM.
My ISP uses RJ45 for 5gbps service. For their 10, 25 and 50 gig options, they provide an SFP+ adapter.
Also, if you do use sfp+, having a few certified RJ45 adapter and DAC cable options would be great!
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I prefer dual RJ45. My Eero 7 has dual 10Gbit RJ45 ports, and my ISP is also RJ45; I have no use for SFP+, and doing fiber it is going to be a huge issue for residential/small businesses. CAT6/CAT6e will be much cheaper and can support 10Gbit up to 400 to 600ft. (or more).
@firewalla Given, you have a "messy" "prototype", how real is a Christmas shipping date? Will there be any beta/early access like the gold plus?
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@180cyber, the messy prototype is not that bad. The purpose of that mess is to make sure we validate the architecture, and then from that, our manufacturing partner can start designing a single board. That process is very fast. Then, the manufacturing process will take over from there. (all prototype boards are like this, so it is not messy, just ways to tune a system without the final board)
If we can get enough signups in a month or so, we can make a Christmas delivery. And yes, there will be a beta/early access, likely few months earlier. Also, the more people pre-order the unit the faster we can build it.
So, please help!
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maybe a little unit something like this…
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The Gold 10Gbit will be a custom board, so we have the flexibility.
At the moment, we have to balance a few things, including board size (too small = too hot, too big = more shipping cost, and build cost), heat (ensure most of the time, fan don't run), and cost.
I assume at the moment, 1 extra 2.5gbit is good enough? 2 x 2.5gbit is better
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If this unit has four ports, it will be Firewalla Gold XXX, if it has 3 ports, it may be a different color.
(blue = 1 port, purple 2 port, gold 4 port)
XXX can be Pro, Plus Max, 10G
At the moment, our goal is collect interest and get the board layout started, then case design, then pre-sale :) Software part need a bit tunning, but mostly ready, as you can see from speedtest
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You say optionally 1 or 2x 2.5Gbs ports, I think two 2.5 ports is a minimum for not so older hardware that will be staying for years, otherwise it will be a serious road block to network segmentation and I also think there should be 3x 10Gb ports, 1 used to hookup the fiber modem, the other two going to switches, again, network segmentation, but it would also allow attaching a 10Gb NAS and a switch to the router directly or two high speed switches, there aren't many affordable high speed switches with more than 8 ports and it will take years until there are.
Maybe have 1x RJ45 and 2x SPF+.
Although there are adapters, most high speed switches come with SPF+ ports but NAS's are typically RJ45 and current wiring is RJ45, that would provide options, Uniquiti 10Gbe routers with 10 ports and integrated wifi now cost around $1500.
When there is more Wifi 7 hardware available, I might switch from the Gold to that new 10Gb just to get the speed up with the NAS internally. I don't see that happening within less than 2 years but Europe is way ahead of the US in the development of fiber, I know in France operators are required by law to convert the entire country, small towns in the countryside are getting high speed fiber while I'm here in the Boston area and only have a single coax operator with 1990's upload speed.
I could not care less about the size, it would have to fit in racks for those who use one, I don't.
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