So what are my choices if I want L3 switch with two or more SPF+ ports and PoE is not a requirement, under (or max) 24 ports?
2nd hand of course...
2nd hand of course...
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If that's what you want without POE someone already suggested the CSS326 which is on amazon for ~130So what are my choices if I want L3 switch with two or more SPF+ ports and PoE is not a requirement, under (or max) 24 ports?
2nd hand of course...
Wikidev has a list of some hardware that's using it, I don't think the vendors listened to the 30/port suggestion however. That unique Qnap switch linked here earlier was one by the way.Does anyone know what happened to the Aquantia switches? When they announced the cards they said they were also going to be using the same chips to create 10G switches with an estimated cost of $30 per port.
No problem, they still don't quite have the one I'm really waiting for but it'll come soon enoughThanks @Deslok ! I had not realized they are out. Just ordered one for Rohit from the Latvian shop on ebay since they are in stock and only a few dollars more. They usually ship fairly quickly MikroTik CRS312-4C+8XG-RM Cloud Smart Switch, 8 regular 10G RJ45 Ethernet ports, | eBay
Why wouldn't you just get it from Baltik? They're in the US.Thanks @Deslok ! I had not realized they are out. Just ordered one for Rohit from the Latvian shop on ebay since they are in stock and only a few dollars more. They usually ship fairly quickly MikroTik CRS312-4C+8XG-RM Cloud Smart Switch, 8 regular 10G RJ45 Ethernet ports, | eBay
He might get it faster since baltic is still "preorder"Why wouldn't you just get it from Baltik? They're in the US.
@Deslok what model are you waiting for?
with the CRS317 being so quiet do you think the noise is due to extra heat thanks to the 10GbaseT ports? a quick look shows mikrotik raiting the CRS312 for more power at the high end(also interesting note they say the 317 has 1gb ram but only 64mb ram on the 312 although they both support routerOS although the 317 gets level 6 vs level 5 which is odd)The MikroTik CRS312-4C+8XG-RM arrived. At idle, even with no active ports, it is too loud to sit in an office. In an equipment cabinet, no problem. I am not sure why they use fans this loud.
Is this with SwitchOS or RouterOS?The MikroTik CRS312-4C+8XG-RM arrived. At idle, even with no active ports, it is too loud to sit in an office. In an equipment cabinet, no problem. I am not sure why they use fans this loud.
The CRS317 can operate silently, I've never actually seen the fans come on in mine and it does have a massive heatsink, we have a decent thread dedicated to it here https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/mikrotik-crs317-1g-16s-rm-10gbe.16428/I still can’t believe it’s that hard for somebody to make a decent reliable fanless 4-8 port 10G copper or mixed switch. (With proper layer 3 performance and features)
I'm just using the 317 as a "dumb" data only switch(not even on the main network) and it's doing great, as far as routers though the 317 comes with RoS L6 and the 312 comes with L5, I do have a coworker using a 328 as his router and switch as a residential device and it's doing fineIs this with SwitchOS or RouterOS?
I seem to recall that there can be a difference between the two, so have you tried if it makes any difference if you change the software? (my understanding is that you probably want RouterOS, as it is my understanding that it gets all the new changes first)
On another note, it is quite interesting to look at the block diagrams of the CRS317 and CRS312.
The switches apparently uses almost the same Marvell switch chip (98DX8216 vs 98DX8212), but for some reason they appear to have added a QCA SoC (from what I can tell, older 802.11n chip with fast ethernet) to function as the application processor (or whatever you call it, it does management) in the CRS312.
I can make many guesses as to why they would do this (cost savings or unification around QCA hardware would be my primary guesses), but all in all it seems like the CRS312 is worse in that aspect for some reason (the CRS317 has 1GB of RAM and a dual core ARMv7 CPU vs. 64MB and a single MIPS 24Kc core). Obviously the Mikrotik CRS switches were never (good) routers, so it may make little difference, but it just seems wrong to me, given that the Marvell switch chip should have the same ARMv7 CPU integrated.
This switch is very recent and seems to be very good: eight multigig (1G/2,5G/5G/10G) RJ45 ports + four combo (1G/10G) RJ45/SFP+ and dual power.The MikroTik CRS312-4C+8XG-RM arrived. At idle, even with no active ports, it is too loud to sit in an office. In an equipment cabinet, no problem. I am not sure why they use fans this loud.
You choose: SwOS or RouterOSIs this with SwitchOS or RouterOS?
Not to be rude here, but I know, what I was referring to, was whether Patrick was using SwitchOS or RouterOSYou choose: SwOS or RouterOS
RouterOS. I am not a big SwitchOS fan yet.Not to be rude here, but I know, what I was referring to, was whether Patrick was using SwitchOS or RouterOS
I have seen forums posts (for the CRS328 I believe it was), where the fans behaved differently depending on which OS you were using.
I haven't had a chance to play with SwitchOS yet is there any performance change if you use it and aren't using any of the L2/L3 routing features?RouterOS. I am not a big SwitchOS fan yet.