Today I'm revamping my home lab network with more 10G! My new CRS312 can do up to 4 ports of SFP+ for fiber or DAC cables, and up to 12 ports of multi-gig (1/2.5/5/10G-base-T) copper, so I can connect all of the stuff I'm testing at high speed. It's also a router, too, so I can do inter-VLAN routing (both IPv4 and IPv6) at wire speed on the switching asic if I want to try one of those fancy all-BGP datacenter mesh setups. For Mikrotik's side of the story: CRS312-4C+8XG-RM: CRS305-1G-4S+IN: Support me on Ko-Fi if you enjoy my content and find it useful: Feel free to chat about my upcoming projects on Discord! Follow me on Mastodon: @apalrd Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction 00:55 - Phone a Friend 05:08 - Unboxing 09:57 - Core Switch 13:15 - Upstairs 15:49 - Desktop Test 16:21 - VLANs 19:44 - Conclusion #mikrotik #homelab