I would go managed rather than unmanaged if you plan on learning further. These are very popular in homelab community You can also get 4C or 2C models with some 1G ports if you don't plan to expand further.

I would recommend something like QSW-M1208-8C, but you can get other configurations with 4 and 2 combo ports too. Qnap makes some well priced managed and unmanaged 10g switches with various combo port (sfp/rj45) configurations.

I have started buying hardware for this upgrade over the past few months (NIC's) but before I get anything further, I would like the communities opinion on what options I have for finishing my network and what I have already as well as any issues with my current setup? I want to learn about this and use if these options can be beneficial and this is a good time to make this kind of decision. Vlan and switch management support is wanted but not needed. Have 2 fiber SFP+ transceivers not being used I'm looking for a 10 port (or more) switch with at least 5 10GbE ports (can be sfp+). cat6a-> into pfSense WAN (VM inside UNRAID via X520-DA2 ioPlex asf-10g-t) -cat6a-> LAN port of pfSense (DA2 second port fs sfp-1-g-t) -cat6a->Ģ cat6a -> 1Gb TP-Link 8 port switch (below)Ĥ cat6a Amplifi Alien mesh network (pass through mode for wifi access to network) -cat5e-> ethernet backbone to second router/meshpoint Internet (1Gb) comes into my house to my home to my Arris SB8300 modem. I have questions on planning everything out so I don't waste time and money. I have a 10Gb intel NIC (X520-DA1 with an ioPlex asf-10G-T transceiver) in my server and I want to be able to move large amounts of data quickly. I want to improve my home networks speed.

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