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Quote from: jmigdlc99 on September 13, 2017, 08:26:56 AM

Quote from: Minerdude8 on August 22, 2017, 11:02:19 AM

I'm setting up a small farm with L3+ and D3 machines(I have ordered 7 now and I'm going to order 12-13 more machines soon), and I can't find the answers to these questions:

1, Which cat6 cables are people using to avoid interference and crosstalk between devices? So many different cables: stp, utp, ftp.. It is driving me nuts

2. Which router is good enough? Ubiquiti Networks EdgeRouter X SFP or TP-Link TL-ER604W, the tp-link does have WiFi which I will turn of if possible.

3. Are longer power cables (c13) a bad thing, increased heat/fire possibility? (3 meters vs 5 meters)

4. As switches I am going to order two 24 ports switches: Tp-link tl-sf1024 or tl-sf1024d. Any problems with these?

1. In my opinion, CAT 5 cables are good enough. I honestly don't understand much about the technical details behind CAT 5 vs 6 but the 5 works just fine for my rigs.

3. They say that the longer the cables the slower it is, etc etc. But honestly speaking from experience (i have a 30 METER cat 5 cable for two (2) of my rigs), they work just fine. I just touched the cable and they are not hot at all. Been running stable and problem free for a few months now.

I also think that cat 5 is more than enough, anyway mining does not require large bandwidth.

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Quote from: Minerdude8 on August 22, 2017, 11:02:19 AM

I'm setting up a small farm with L3+ and D3 machines(I have ordered 7 now and I'm going to order 12-13 more machines soon), and I can't find the answers to these questions:

1, Which cat6 cables are people using to avoid interference and crosstalk between devices? So many different cables: stp, utp, ftp.. It is driving me nuts

2. Which router is good enough? Ubiquiti Networks EdgeRouter X SFP or TP-Link TL-ER604W, the tp-link does have WiFi which I will turn of if possible.

3. Are longer power cables (c13) a bad thing, increased heat/fire possibility? (3 meters vs 5 meters)

4. As switches I am going to order two 24 ports switches: Tp-link tl-sf1024 or tl-sf1024d. Any problems with these?

1. In my opinion, CAT 5 cables are good enough. I honestly don't understand much about the technical details behind CAT 5 vs 6 but the 5 works just fine for my rigs.

3. They say that the longer the cables the slower it is, etc etc. But honestly speaking from experience (i have a 30 METER cat 5 cable for two (2) of my rigs), they work just fine. I just touched the cable and they are not hot at all. Been running stable and problem free for a few months now.

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Quote from: toptek on August 22, 2017, 12:41:48 PM

cat 5 or 6 is good and you only need a 10/100 Switch unless you have other uses and need a 10/100/1000 switch, most brand new routers these day are 10/100/1000 or gigabyte routers . meaning they can run up to 1000 GB over the net . but for mining you really don't need that much speed yet. 100 MB is fine even 10 MB might be doable . and i would use Cat 6 the price is about the same as cat 5 and are better .

I use this Switch https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01AX8XHRQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 but i use it becasue i have other uses it being in my home and on my ISP i need it for the speed in my home network it's faster at moving files around and it doesn't seems to affect my miners.

I would suggest looking on eBay for used switches which you can pick up for a low cost. You don't really need a brand new one as there are no moving parts to wear out and if you get a brand like Netgear, it will keep running for many years to come!

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Thanks for the replies, cat6 etc have been bought.

I have another question about cooling.

I'm going to build a box about 2×2×1 meter where I will make holes for each machine to blow its hot air.

Which material shoulf i use for building the box that is cheap and fire retardant?
Which exhaust fan is great? I want to able to have 40 machines. I will mount the exhaust fan as high as possible on one of the walls
What kind of hose is used to transport the hot air from the exhaust fan to the outside window?
Do I need an intake air fan also? It seems to me that if the exhaust fan can handle 8000 cfm for example and you only have 6000 cfm from the machines then a hole on the bottom of the opposite wall would be enough since the exhaust fan will extract the extra air required from the hole at the opposite wall.. I'm only using logic, I have zero experience with cooling.
I'm located in northern Europe, so the air entering the box through the hole will be cold.

Sorry about the rambling; )

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cat 5 or 6 is good and you only need a 10/100 Switch unless you have other uses and need a 10/100/1000 switch, most brand new routers these day are 10/100/1000 or gigabyte routers . meaning they can run up to 1000 GB over the net . but for mining you really don't need that much speed yet. 100 MB is fine even 10 MB might be doable . and i would use Cat 6 the price is about the same as cat 5 and are better .

I use this Switch https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01AX8XHRQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 but i use it becasue i have other uses it being in my home and on my ISP i need it for the speed in my home network it's faster at moving files around and it doesn't seems to affect my miners.

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Hi dude

Go for cat6 S/FTP is enough for wath you do, if you want to avoid interference do 2 different path cable, one for power, one for network.
Speaking about switch i suggest you to go on tl-sf1024 he prolly cost you a little more but is what you need.

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I'm setting up a small farm with L3+ and D3 machines(I have ordered 7 now and I'm going to order 12-13 more machines soon), and I can't find the answers to these questions:

1, Which cat6 cables are people using to avoid interference and crosstalk between devices? So many different cables: stp, utp, ftp.. It is driving me nuts

2. Which router is good enough? Ubiquiti Networks EdgeRouter X SFP or TP-Link TL-ER604W, the tp-link does have WiFi which I will turn of if possible.

3. Are longer power cables (c13) a bad thing, increased heat/fire possibility? (3 meters vs 5 meters)

4. As switches I am going to order two 24 ports switches: Tp-link tl-sf1024 or tl-sf1024d. Any problems with these?

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