norcoscia wrote:Has anyone found an affordable switch or router that supports anything past 1 gig.?
I can’t seem to find much of anything that is not super pricy — have I been looking in the wrong places?
Check out the Netgear GS110MX for $200 on amazon. It has only 2 10G copper ports, with the remaining 8 ports being gigabit, but that's perhaps enough for many people. On top of that, it's fanless --completely silent*. If you're like me and have a zillion devices (like webcams) that don't really even need gigabit, they can be linked to another switch that's then linked to one port on the GS110MX. Only servers, workstations, Internet router and wifi APs need direct connection.
*I no longer tolerate slightly noisy equipment even in my server room.