– Copied from customer query –
I see both 10GBlox and UbiSwitch are quite similar, both providing both 1GBASE-T and 10GBASE-T ports? What is the difference and which one should I use?
There are quite a few differences, but both essentially achieve the same thing, a 10GBASE-T and 1GBASE-T switch…
UbiSwitch is a 8 port 1GBASE-T switch with 3 10G ports. When paired with UbiSwitch Baseboard, it puts the 8 1GBASE-T ports on Molex Picoblade connectors, and puts the 10G ports on SFP cages.
The modular design allows different baseboards to be developed for it for flexibility of the connector type. It also allows for customer integration of the module. However there are no transformers on the module itself, which is a bit of a downside for some customers who don’t want to deal with the magnetics for ethernet, which can be a bit of a pain.
There are currently three baseboards for UbiSwitch, one of which is in development, and the other two are active.
UbiSwitch Baseboard - 8 x 1GBASE-T + 3 x 10G SFP
UbiSwitch Baseboard Mini - 4 x 1GBASE-T
UbiSwitch Baseboard 10G - 8 x 1GBASE-T + 3 x 10GBASE-T (Due for release in March 2025)
10GBlox is a similar product, but instead it puts converts the 10G ports straight into 10GBASE-T ports, and puts them on Molex PicoClasp ports. This eliminates the need for using SFP as on UbiSwitch, which is simpler.
10GBlox is not an active product, it was too power hungry so we decided not to release it. Instead we decided the modular approach with UbiSwitch was better. With the new 10G Baseboard for UbiSwitch in development, 10GBlox is redundant.