Connecting a wireless AP with a 2.5 Gbps port to a managed switch with SFP+
Devices
Wireless AP: EAP660 HD(US) v1.0
Managed switch: SG3428X v1.30
Controller: OC300
SFP+ transceiver: 10Gtek ASF-10G-T
Supported data speeds for the SFP+ transceiver:
- 10G BASE-T IEEE 802.3an
- 1000BASE-T IEEE 802.3ab
- 100BASE-TX IEEE 802.3u
- 5G MGBASE-T
- 2.5G MGBASE-T
Regarding the devices listed above, I currently have the 2.5 Gbps RJ45 port of the wireless AP connected to the SFP+ transceiver on the switch. In the Omada dashboard I can see the negotiated speed of the wireless AP at 2500 Mbps but the port on the switch shows at 10 Gbps. I also see a number of Rx dropped packets and Rx errors for the AP. There are 0 Tx dropped packets and 0 Tx errors.
Is my setup incorrect and causing the Rx dropped packets and errors? I'm trying to read up online to learn more about the correct way to use SFP+ transceivers. I think that the transceiver and AP negotiate at 2.5 Gbps because they both support that speed, but the transceiver and SFP+ port on the switch communicate at 10 Gbps which is causing the Rx issues mentioned above. Am I supposed to enable flow control and/or jumbo frames on the relevant SFP+ port on the switch? Or is the correct way to get this AP working at 2.5 Gbps to get a new Omada switch that has 2.5 Gbps RJ45 ports?