--- title: "I thought a 10GbE home networking upgrade was overkill, but it's the best upgrade I ever made" url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-thought-a-10gbe-home-networking-upgrade-was-overkill-but-it-s-the-best-upgrade-i-ever-made-pi54dwgfh source_url: https://www.xda-developers.com/i-thought-a-10gbe-home-networking-upgrade-was-overkill-but-its-the-best-upgrade-i-ever-made type: article source: "XDA Developers" published: 2026-06-12T13:35:04.877Z updated: 2026-06-12T13:35:30.946Z reading_time: 5 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I thought a 10GbE home networking upgrade was overkill, but it's the best upgrade I ever made **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 5 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary After resisting the upgrade for years, a home networking enthusiast shares why switching from 2.5 GbE to 10 GbE was worthwhile. The move was driven by a growing NAS workload (PXE server, backups, self-hosted services), Wi-Fi airtime congestion from smart home devices, and a new house with pre-pulled Ethernet. Key takeaways include separating IoT devices onto a dedicated VLAN and AP, using an ex-enterprise Mellanox 10/25 GbE PCIe card connected via DAC cable, and recognizing that fast wired uplinks improve overall Wi-Fi performance. The author also notes that affordable PCIe cards make 10 GbE accessible for home users. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [10GbE networking is a trap, unless you're using it for this one thing](https://daily.dev/posts/10gbe-networking-is-a-trap-unless-you-re-using-it-for-this-one-thing-c8jb5uoph) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 1 comments - [The best network upgrade I ever made wasn't a new router](https://daily.dev/posts/the-best-network-upgrade-i-ever-made-wasn-t-a-new-router-hzzlwa1ah) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [I added a second network port to my home server, and it fixed more than transfer speeds](https://daily.dev/posts/i-added-a-second-network-port-to-my-home-server-and-it-fixed-more-than-transfer-speeds-hw26daqbb) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [10Gb/s Ethernet: what I actually did to get it working in my home](https://daily.dev/posts/10gb-s-ethernet-what-i-actually-did-to-get-it-working-in-my-home-rshzrtjaw) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [I thought my NAS drives were the bottleneck, but 2.5GbE networking proved me wrong](https://daily.dev/posts/i-thought-my-nas-drives-were-the-bottleneck-but-2-5gbe-networking-proved-me-wrong-tsueyvktp) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-thought-a-10gbe-home-networking-upgrade-was-overkill-but-it-s-the-best-upgrade-i-ever-made-pi54dwgfh)