I went overboard - upgrading my HomeLab to Fiber... (Unboxing)

[@kaspersergej]

LOOK HOW HAPPY HE LOOKS! :) I just ordered my transceivers and fiber cables, because, pihole needs 10G Fiber.

[@Knightfall23]

Gotta block those ads at the speed of light

[@FranzCritchlow]

Whoa! That is awesome. I would love to see you do a show on what your network diagram will look like on paper

[@SpaceRexWill]

Yeah I have been meaning on kinda doing a walkthrough once its up and running

[@nazmirulasraf]

i love this channel is consistent upload the video ! keep it up man

[@Jacob-mo7yw]

Dude, this is a boy on Christmas morning. Hell yeah!

[@VagueDustin]

Terminating your own fiber is actually really easy, and fiber splice machines that come with everything you need are under a grand now FYI

[@Jacob-mo7yw]

Also, lol at your lil 2 bay nas 🤣

[@SpaceRexWill]

haha you got to start somewhere!

[@DavidCNavas]

I'm doing the same thing, and I was going to use similar equipment, but then I found the QSW-M5216-1T-US, and the upgrade path from sfp28 to qsfp28 using a quad breakout cable was too tempting. Switch is a lot less capable, though, and you give up the unifi environment if you are already invested in that. Upon reflection I might have gone with a smaller poe switch as well -- the big poe switches can be loud, and they're happy to burn watts on you as well, but it's not clear what 6E is going to require. It's definitely something to consider. Also, I went with SMF instead of MMF, and got some of the nice small radius stuff from FS. Have to be patient, though, as it's custom made overseas. Good luck!

[@SpaceRexWill]

Awesome! I am really excited to get my stuff setup and it seems like you have the exact same setup!

[@DavidCNavas]

@@SpaceRexWill Not the exact same, but similar for sure. I'm already using sfp28 between my NAS and my main computer, and I did that for editing and at least for me I sort of wondered why I would bother with 10GbE again (maybe it was because the 10GbE card I had in my NAS was garbage and never got more than about 7, not sure). I'm quite sure you'll be done before I am -- I've been planning this for nearly two years now, and the first bits have just arrived. I still have to open up the walls, and that's where I'm balking. The plan is really to secure my network against the IOT horde, so vlans and handling multicast traffic, and all the rest of that. The hardware side is the fun part :)

[@jeffherdzina6716]

When you reach a certain age and " A whole lotta fiber" will have a different meaning.

[@SpaceRexWill]

I almost named this video “my doctor said I needed more fiber in my diet” but thought it might be too much

[@jayrowe6473]

@@SpaceRexWill Would have been perfect. I literally just typed something similar before i started looking through the comments.

[@SpaceRexWill]

haha @Jay was going to tell you to see this comment

[@jeffherdzina6716]

@@jayrowe6473 LOL I seen yours, right after I posted this..

[@thebdceigal]

Happy cable pulling. Make sure you don’t get any kinks :)

[@SpaceRexWill]

haha thanks!

[@luckyhanger1326]

Nice upgrade.

[@JorisSelsJS]

Hey, great video! Sidenote though, there have been cases where really short fiber terminations like .5 meters damage your transeafers because of the strength of the laser/light. Just a heads up :)

[@SpaceRexWill]

Hey I did not realize that! Looks like its mostly in SMF (from a quick google) but thats not something I ever would have thought about!

[@JorisSelsJS]

@@SpaceRexWill Glad I could help, keep up the good work man, you're doing great!

[@opfijqwhnien]

nice project ! looking forward for ftth

[@SpaceRexWill]

Thanks! I am finally there lol!

[@bothorsen4292]

There is a third reason for fiber: No electrical connection between devices

[@bothorsen4292]

Ah, you actually mention that later in the video, just not at the beginning. Sorry, I was too quick :)

[@BLKNJ]

The 8-bit guy has connections between two houses and had lightning strike twice before switching to copper. Good point.

[@Darkk6969]

@@BLKNJ You mean fiber?

[@BLKNJ]

@@Darkk6969 good catch. You are correct

[@janinel2356]

I want to use one fiber cable to extend internet, USB 3.0, and HDMI 2.1 from PC to living room. Have anyone done that!? I'm not finding any switches/boxes with that mixture of ports.

[@SpaceRexWill]

Check out Linux Tech tips on that

[@janinel2356]

@@SpaceRexWill Thanks for the reference but unfortunately (at least from the videos I've gone back to watch) he only talks about the networking side of fiber as well.

[@SpaceRexWill]

Hmmm, I know he has shown them for his house setup. They are pricy though

[@1ns0mniac]

You just went full Fiber

[@SpaceRexWill]

I did and I am very excited to start running it!

[@supernumex]

Please make a video on the fiber adapters for mac.

[@SpaceRexWill]

unfortunately for sfp28 this is the only option: www.atto.com/products/thunderbolt-adapters/thunderlink/thunderbolt-to-ethernet/TLNS-3252-D00

[@ivosarak959]

Own cable making is not that tricky nor expensive. One thing to take notice is that these patch cables are rated of certain uses. There are horizontal runs and vertical ones thus one shall sheck it before using them wrong to find out at some random time that the fiber is broken. Also, these bloody mice and rats have likings of chewing the fiber cables...

[@jayrowe6473]

The doctor said I need more fiber...

[@pepeshopping]

Terminating fiber is not hard with modern tools and terminations!! Ah Unify fan…makes sense now.

[@SpaceRexWill]

I have not seen anyone terminating their own fibers who are not running a business doing so