Connecting switches is easy. You don’t really need to know anything. The main thing you need to avoid is accidentally creating a loop. I know that sounds dumb, but you’d be amazed how often it happens.

How you connect this all up will depend on what you want to achieve. For example, if you want to supply 10 Gbe to all ports in your home, your plan may be different than if you want to supply 10 Gbe to your office, but stick to vanilla gigabit elsewhere.

Hardware wise, you haven’t listed anything that requires a managed switch. That Juniper switch has some 10 Gbe capability, but it’s a managed switch that is way more complicated than you need. Plus you’d have to buy SFP to 10GBase-T adapters. That could set you back a couple hundred dollars.

IMO, your best value is going to be something like the Netgear XS508M, 8-port, 10 Gb, unmanaged switch (currently $450 on Amazon). There is also a 5-port version, but it’s not much cheaper. Unfortunately, that means you won’t be able to provide 10 Gb to all 12 ports in your home. You’ll need one port to connect to the ATT modem/router and one to tie in your gigabit network.

In the garage, you’ll put one Netgear 10G switch connected like this:

[ATT]==[Netgear 10G]==[TP Link 1G]

You can connect your patch panel based on your needs. For example, the upstairs office will go to the Netgear 10G switch, while the other ports can go to the TP Link.

Upstairs in your office, you’ll need another Netgear 10G switch. You’ll plug all the devices in that room directly into the switch, then plug the switch into the wall to uplink to the Netgear 10G downstairs.

Since your existing cabling is Cat6, you should be able to hit 5 Gbps without much trouble. 10 Gbps requires really good terminations. In fact, terminations are going to be your primary issue across the board. Gigabit is pretty forgiving. 10 Gbps is not forgiving at all.

get a big hole saw, pass the switch through the hole, done.

In my configuration with ATT Fiber, I have a Ubiquiti UDM-SE that goes to a Unifi Aggregation Pro. The the Agg Pro then has various runs, one which is a Unifi Flex XG in my office (has 4 10Gbe ports). You can technically skip the Agg Pro and just use the Flex XG in your office.

If you really want 10gb get a unifi aggreagtor they are very affordable, grab a few 10gb sfp modules, run cat 7 or fiber to support the speed.

I also do think this is massive overprovisioning, starting with the 5Gb plan, but I will suspend that. How do your computer room machines connect to your existing switch? If you have existing wall ports for them then you can get away with one 10Gb switch in the garage. If you only have one wall port in the computer room then you are correct in that they will need a switch. That switch’s single 10Gb uplink to the garage could become a bottleneck but I wouldn’t worry about that since your internet connection is only 5 anyway.

get another juniper unit but they will be very loud. For quiet something like unifi since they can be loud. something like the flex 10 GbE.

I’m looking into this right now as well, but mainly for heavy NAS usage. I’m in the unifi ecosystem, so I have a UDM-SE which has a 10G SFP+ port connected to a USW-16-PoE.

I plan to get a synology NAS with at least two ethernet ports. My understanding is that, if I want to support at 10Gbps link to the NAS I will need to get an aggregation switch (this one: https://store.ui.com/us/en/products/usw-aggregation) which I will connect to my UDM-SE.

I will then get a MicroTik S+RJ10 module (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078SNK1MY/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?smid=A1DZ2KWUETHME0&psc=1) to connect a regular cat6 cable from the switch to my desktop PC, which I will get a 10Gb PCI-E card for that connection.

I don’t know if this is correct or helpful but I don’t _think_ you need to expect a lot more money here. An aggregation switch, the module, and a pci-e card looks like a total of ~$360.

I’m doing 10gig over cat 5e runs of about forty feet.

Using Tplink switches and 10gig sfps

a wire or fiber

Ignore (most) of the other people here. To do this you will need two 10 gig capable switches, since your connection is only as good as the weakest link. You need to take your 5G cable (the side connected to the TP) and plug it into something 10 gig capable (unmanaged would be easiest). Also plug in the cable going upstairs into that new 10 gig switch. Then, wire the 10 gig switch to your tp link one in the garage. Upstairs, replace the switch with something 10 gig capable, then you’re good.

Simple as that. Unfortunately 10 gig switches are not cheap these days, especially ones that are just RJ45, but there are ones that are a limited number of ports.

Honest question: what use does a home consumer have for 10gbps?

I’m not judging you, I am literally wanting to know why.

Are you running a public server? Do you download terabytes of data in one go on a regular basis? Is it for work? Are you trying to run a public TOR gateway?

Got it! You’re seeking suggestions for setting up 10Gbe connections between your garage and computer room while ensuring a 5Gbe connection from the garage to leverage your 5000Gbps ISP plan, all within a budget of $5000. what a brilliant way

I’m using Netgear MS510TXMs. My existing cat5 cable links at 10gbps. I have them paired with 4 WAX630e APs . The APs get power from an MS108eup. I route from a Netgate 6100 max.

It’s almost all Insight managed. The software works well, but there is a subscription fee. It’s $10/yr. per device.

You’ll need cat 7 or 8 cable directly to your gateway from your computer room, bypassing the switches elsewhere in your home. Primary router is boss. You don’t have to hop from switch to switch to get to your primary router. I’m sure the rest of the house can get by with simple gigabit cables & switches which your computer room can still communicate with through your primary router whereas your computer room will have 5Gbps connection to Ma Bell

I’m sure you were prepared for the comments of “why do you need 5gbps? You don’t need it.” It’s your money, and you can do what you want with it.

It won’t be cheap though.