It does when the CPU has to ramp up and push packets, but that is doing it in hardware.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Nov 14, 2015 12:05 PM, "Mathew Howard" <[email protected]> wrote: > I wouldn't think traffic would matter a whole lot. Based on what everyone > is saying, I would plan for 2-3 watts. > > On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 10:59 AM, Josh Luthman < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I don't think traffic would matter on an rb260gs. Could be wrong, though. >> >> >> Josh Luthman >> Office: 937-552-2340 >> Direct: 937-552-2343 >> 1100 Wayne St >> Suite 1337 >> Troy, OH 45373 >> >> On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I just read 1.7W with a kill-a-watt on a StarTech media converter. >>> >>> .....no traffic on the converter, but I don't know if that matters. >>> >>> >>> On 11/14/2015 2:16 AM, Eric Kuhnke wrote: >>> >>>> Does anyone have a typical 1000BaseT to SFP media converter handy, and >>>> a kill-a-watt? Or a DC bench test power supply that outputs 12VDC and >>>> displays realtime amperage? >>>> >>>> 3.5W? 5W? 7.5W? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
