ONT to Dream Machine Pro

[xraymark]

So im installing a UDM pro at my new house - it has an ONT connection with a rj45 output. I know i can connect directly from the ONT to the UDM via rj45.

The question is should i / could i connect from the ONT via rj45 and connect it to the UDM pro with a rj45 "adaptor"  converting it to sfp/+ ?  

The connection is 1gb and it appears my 1gb lan is as times restricting the connection speed due to traffic, hence the reason to use sfp/+ and the 10gb connection?

Thoughts?

[countrypaul]

I thought OR  current ONTs only support 1Gbps Ethernet. I read the new 1.4 & 1.8 Gbps will use a new ONT that supports 2.5 Gbps - but not sure where I read it or when rollout will start.

[xraymark]

Even if the connection to the ont is 1gb is it not worth using the sfp port anyway?

jusr to make sure no bottle necks happen?

thanks 

[licquorice]

A GbE port is a GbE port, why would there be a bottleneck.  You are just creating unnecessary complexity.

[xraymark]

Because if the connection is 1gb and the lan is 1gb then the lan can be restricting the internet connection due to other network traffic - as tested currently.

And I may well want to use the rj45 internet connection on the udm for another isp. 

so yes, I deem it necessary. 

[licquorice]

Whatever

[xraymark]

helpful thanks.

[countrypaul · Accepted solution]

It is of course entirely up to you whether you use an adapter for sfp/+ with your UDM Pro, you asked for "thoughts?".

I think it highly unlikely you will see any improvement in performance unless you are finding a limit in the UDM Pro. All Ethernet switches have a backplane that is far more capable than the combined performance of a single port and in most significantly more than that, I would expect the UDM Pro to have at least a15Gb/s backplane. That means that even all your lan ports running at 1Gb/s along with your wan port at 1 Gb/s should not be limited by any port on the switch. Using the sfp+ option would therefore make little difference in performance imho. It certainly should not slow things down, but don't expect any improvement.

[xraymark]

Thanks for the info, really appreciate the advice. 

When i get moved in next month i will report back my findings.

appreciate your time.