How to Upgrade to a 10G Home Fiber Network

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Whether you are an enterprise network or home network user, you need a fast and reliable Ethernet. With the broad application of the 10GbE technology in the commercial sector, a 10G network’s deployment cost has dramatically reduced. This has made home users think about upgrading their current 1G fiber optic home network to a 10G system.

Before deploying your 10G fiber network, it’s necessary to have an overall network assessment for your home to ensure the system deployed can handle all your traffic needs.

Several components are indispensable for a 10G home network: 10GbE home switch, router, and wireless access point (AP). If you want the best 10G home network, the best devices are indispensable.

Home Network Switch

There are various kinds of home network switches. For a 10G home fiber network, all you might need are the PoE switch and the 10G Ethernet switch. Also, consider the following three factors:

Features and Performance

There are numerous features on a home Ethernet switch. This mostly concerns the managed switch. But then, you can’t choose a home switch with all elements. Primary features include advanced QoS, VLAN, and security. Apart from this, you should also consider its switching capacity, maximum power consumption, and sustainability.

Fanless and stack designs are essential factors as well. The fanless design reduces power consumption and keeps the network without noise. Stack, on the other hand, gives you great flexibility on your network.

Ports

Typically the ports that come with a home network switch include copper ports, hybrid ports, or optical ports. Copper port work with a copper cable like Cat6. Besides the port type, the port number is also essential. An 8-port or 12-port 10GbE switch will be just fine for you if you don’t have many network devices to connect.

Cost

An optical port is more expensive than an RJ45 port. This means a home switch with ports made of copper ports will be less costly than a fiber switch. Also, note that a managed switch that has high performance is more expensive than an unmanaged type.

Home Router

Selecting the best home router is essential, but it can be much simpler than a home network switch. First, contact your ISP (internet service provider) to be sure of your Internet speed. Your router is needed to handle this speed. Since you are working with a 10G home fiber network, at least one SFP+ port should be equipped in that network router.

Then you need to figure out the router type you need: wired or wireless. A wireless router gives WiFi and Ethernet connections, the WiFi signal coverage is limited, and the price will be higher than a wired one.

Wireless Access Point for Home

The home wireless access point is crucial; therefore, you need to connect your wireless devices to an Ethernet network. Like a router, find the amount of space the wireless AP needs to cover. This will show you the number of the AP you need

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