StarTech.com Citrix EG3C0000087 Compatible SFP Module - 1000BASE-T - SFP to RJ45 Cat6/Cat5e - 1GE Gigabit Ethernet SFP - RJ-45 100m

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For £15.89 ex-VAT, this is the sort of “just make it work” adapter that’s genuinely useful in a UK office closet—*if* your equipment supports it. The value is in avoiding rewiring or buying a whole new port card when you need a short reach 1GbE link over Cat5e/Cat6 (up to around 100m class). In practice, it’s a good fit for patching old switches/edge gear to cabling runs without drama, or for temporary/low-risk deployments where downtime matters more than elegance.

That said, don’t buy it assuming it’s universally plug-and-play for Citrix-branded gear or any SFP port—SFP compatibility is where these things sometimes bite, and vendor optics/transceiver checks can cause annoying “it’s fitted but not working” scenarios. Also, at this price point you’re usually buying “good enough,” not best-in-class performance—fine for typical LAN use, but I wouldn’t rely on it for mission-critical uplinks or environments with lots of electromagnetic noise. If you’ve verified your switch/router model and SFP compatibility, it’s excellent value; if you haven’t, it’s cheaper than troubleshooting later, but still not worth the risk.