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I would just like to add that the gross-up close-up is canon.

https://youtu.be/Rr5i93ZhxdQ?si=UBFuY-Linix958GD

If you’re going to run fiber cables, run two or three. At least two.

You don’t want to do that twice if you don’t have to. And if you need to troubleshoot your layer 1 at some point in the future, it’s a lot less frustrating to have a good spare versus having to run more later just for testing.

I would go with 2 in aggregate (if you have the ports) + 1 spare.

But yes, fiber would definitely be a better option if you have enough clearance to run it without kinking it. Might even be cheaper depending on the cost of copper these days. The real cost is usually in the SFP+ modules.

Definitely do some research on the switches that you have before you buy the modules and cabling. Certain modules can be finicky with certain switches.

Do you have room to keep one quiet switch in the existing closet? Maybe mounted to the ceiling?

Can you run 4 uplink cables from the closet to the basement?

Fanless managed switches with 4x 10G uplink ports and at least 16x 1G access ports are reasonably cheap (minutes transceivers, of course). For example:

https://www.fs.com/products/134655.html?attribute=8032&id=289447

If you can fit the cost into your budget, use CAT8 for your uplinks. That way if you ever do decide to upgrade your access network to 10G, you can bump your 4x uplink up to 25G without having to rewire.

Not that you’ll probably ever need that much bandwidth in a house in the next decade or two.

Like this?

https://imgur.io/KxNvSi6

So you’re telling me Section 31 didn’t scrub that ship clean before sending it off to be adapted into a museum exhibit? Let alone any other science team?

My suspension of disbelief is stretched rather thinly with respect to the Tuvix flower being handed over to some lower deckers to be cargo on a California class before being put on rotating display to the public. It just seems way too dangerous to not end up going straight to either Daystrom.

Still loved it though.

It’s certainly one of the more fascinating versions of the trolley problem

It’s an inkjet thing.

When you run out of color, Brother lets you select to print using only black ink. But after 4 weeks, they lock you out from that too.

It’s documented on their website. No more printing at that point until you replace the offending color cartridge. They do at least let you scan though.

Meanwhile I have printed exactly one single black-only page since the last time I put in a new yellow cartridge (3 months ago) and yet my yellow ink is almost 1/4 depleted at this point. I’ve just been watching it slowly disappear.

Ah, yes, Brother. The company that uses all your yellow ink to clean the print heads and to print tracking dots, and then only gives you up to 4 weeks to print without it before locking you out entirely.