10G RJ45 to SFP+ transceiver module to use with a Netgate 6100max

Cylosoft

@cdturri said in 10G RJ45 to SFP+ transceiver module to use with a Netgate 6100max:

@cylosoft Did you check how hot the transceivers run? Usually the RJ45 to SPF+ ran very hot as they need to convert the signal. You mentioning that one of them would lock up after a month could indicate a heat issue.

Yeah we had discussions around exactly that. They run hotter than I'd like. Could be the cause. We weren't able to line up lock ups with temp, traffic, or anything.

walsun2003

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McPerson

I know this topic is quite old but it's addressing my exact concerns so I figured that I'd respond to it with the information I've found.

I have a 6100max coming in the mail so I was a little dismayed to find that my assumption of it being able to use a 10Gb RJ45 SFP+ module wasn't necessarily correct.

Maybe it wasn't supported at one time, but it looks like there is at least 1 module that NetGate approves of as it's listed in their "accessories" for the 6100:

https://shop.netgate.com/collections/accessories/facet_product_netgate-6100

However now I'm a little hesitant to open the box in case it affects my ability to return it if it doesn't work. I'm also less thrilled that I have to spend nearly another $100 to get this (possibly) working. I'll hopefully get this sorted in the next few weeks and will post here again. Or perhaps create a new post that's not tacked onto this very old one.

Cylosoft

@McPerson We have about a dozen of the Mikrotik SFP's in use with 6100 and 8200. No issues in the last year.

dauhee

I have a startech one and works great on my 6100

Dutchy

I use the Delock SFP+ Module 10GBase-T RJ45
Item No. 86460 on my 6100 and have no problems.

McPerson

Thank you for all of your input. Just to close my personl thread, I contacted NetGate support directly, they were very helpful.

My original purchase was this, it was ONLY 10Gb/s:
10Gtek ASF-10G-T80

Then I got this (as recommended by NetGate support), and it also worked at 1Gb/s as well as 10Gb/s:
10Gtek ASF-10G2-T

So far it's working great.