This is a lot more interesting


Four 10GbE SFP+ ports and five 2.5G ethernet ports. I wonder though how much switching/routing throughput that 8 core atom can support.

Power consumption would be higher but its a lot more flexible.

https://www.servethehome.com/the-everything...qnap-teamgroup/

Most likely have to use 3D printed case tbh, fitting this in the same case seems like lots of trouble, especially with the need to manually cut the aluminum to fit it in.

Not to mention the cooling part, these BCM57810S gets HOT, putting it this close seems like a horrible idea in general.

Next best option is harvest 12V off the power connector for another fan onto the NIC, which is another hurdle lol

this depend how strong RX.

many of my customer in range -14dBm to -8dBm of RX produce very hot, the PON Laser absorb the heat also share same heatsink body with SoC

the PON Stick can stand up to 90 degreeC,

I been using since 2020 and never put any heatsink.

some of my client use Raspberry Pi Copper Heatsink like this on PON Stick