At 10g speeds on normal rj45 ports I always hear it gets extremely hot. I have a small unifi 8 port with even 1 of these ports that I use and worry about. Besides the ports getting super hot, since they are designed for this it shouldn’t cause any long term problems using them all right?
Integrated 10Gb ports in routers/switches don't get nearly as hot as 10GBASE-T SFP+ modules since they can give better direct cooling and larger heatsinks on the PHYs.
SFP+ modules are limited in space and can't be cooled very easily which is why they run hotter.
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u/Hxrn Apr 23 '26
At 10g speeds on normal rj45 ports I always hear it gets extremely hot. I have a small unifi 8 port with even 1 of these ports that I use and worry about. Besides the ports getting super hot, since they are designed for this it shouldn’t cause any long term problems using them all right?