It's the QNAP QSW-M2116P-2T2S
Let me start with the shortcomings. It costs 3x more than a good deal on popular used enterprise switches, it's only L2, and probably not as reliable.
But the main selling point is that it has multigig 2.5g PoE+ and 10g PoE++ which is very hard to come by. Refer to HERE, and HERE, also HERE, and many other threads.
I've deployed ICX6610's in two office sites, which VPNs to our main vSAN cluster connected with a ICX6650 in a colocation center. Overkill on my home network would be nice just because. But that's not the purpose of this switch. It has just enough ports, just the right management features, port speeds, port types, size, and noise for my home setup. No more no less, and I couldn't be happier. in case anyone wondering what's connected to this switch:
Let me start with the shortcomings. It costs 3x more than a good deal on popular used enterprise switches, it's only L2, and probably not as reliable.
But the main selling point is that it has multigig 2.5g PoE+ and 10g PoE++ which is very hard to come by. Refer to HERE, and HERE, also HERE, and many other threads.
I've deployed ICX6610's in two office sites, which VPNs to our main vSAN cluster connected with a ICX6650 in a colocation center. Overkill on my home network would be nice just because. But that's not the purpose of this switch. It has just enough ports, just the right management features, port speeds, port types, size, and noise for my home setup. No more no less, and I couldn't be happier. in case anyone wondering what's connected to this switch:
- 2x ruckus R750 wifi AP (2.5g PoE+)
- 7x security cameras (1g PoE)
- 1x access panel/doorbell camera (1g PoE)
- 1x VoIP phone (1g PoE)
- 2x TV (1g)
- 2x desktops (10g)
- NAS/DVR (10g SFP+)
- 3x cat8 to all bedrooms
- main server (10g SFP+) that runs:
- win2019 - DNS, domain controller, DHCP, Active Directory, RADIUS
- pfsense firewall
- linux - OpenVPN
- win10 - Blue Iris, Deepstack AI
- linux - Home Assistant
- pfsense firewall
- linux - OpenVPN
- win10 - Blue Iris, Deepstack AI
- linux - Home Assistant