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    I thought 10 inch racks were too small to be useful. A friend changed my mind. So I'm creating ....

    Just wondering if there is any interest or if I should drop this one. Battery backup + PSU + POE switch Form factor 10" rack, 2U, ~245 mm deep Sized for short mini racks (~260 mm deep) Battery 4S LiFePO4 prismatic cells, 12.8 V nominal, ~320 Wh Cells under compression in the pack...
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    Please suggest a switch for me?

    With many thanks to @fohdeesha, I've been running a Brocade ICX 6610 in my house for many years now, and have been quite happy with it. But I'm finally starting to max it out, and I'm looking to get another switch to supplement it. I'll outline my wants in priority order, and I absolutely...
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    Small question regarding managed switches.

    Hello, folks. Picking up some hardware to upgrade our home network. My current plan is: OPNsense box --> switch1 --> AP1 + switch2 --> AP2 It is my understanding that switch1 has to be a managed switch if I want AP1 to have a guest network on a separate VLAN? Does switch2 also have to be a...
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    Switch (Or 2?) Recommendation - Aruba / Cisco / Your Recommendation - 8 SFTP+, 16x Gbe, 200w POE+

    Hey All, tldr; - 2530-48G was advertised as SFP+, it's not. Can't return it, it was bought over a year ago. - Need two switches, 1 for access: 16x 1Gbe with POE of 200w minimum, 4 SFP+ ports, L2 would do, L3 preferred. Max depth, 450mm. 1 for servers, with 8 SFP+ ports. - Shipping from the USA...
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    SONiC - network switch recommendations for development environment

    I'm looking to purchase some network switch equipment (second hand) for my lab setup to do SONiC development work. My current environment is running SONiC as a KVM, but need to move forward with actual physical equipment at this point. My preference is equipment that would be well supported by...
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    Juniper EX4300-48P Update

    Hey everyone! Love this forum, great to finally be posting here. I recently picked up my first serious switch (Juniper EX4300-48P), a, and I'm hooked. Currently running Junos 19.2R2.7 which is pretty old. I want to upgrade to 21.4R3-S6 which from my research is the newest supported version...
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    Time to give up? EnGenius Switch stablity issues ECS2512FP (8x 2.5GbE PoE+, 4x SFP+)

    Hi all, I picked up an EnGenius ECS2512FP to be my network closet switch about 2 months ago to run PoE for my APs. It was rock solid for a while, but recently it started crashing and has gotten progressively worse. Out of warranty, so RMA isn't an option. I'm trying to figure out if there's...
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    Super Cheap Gigabit RJ45 "1x4 Ethernet Splitter"

    So I saw a super-cheap listing for a "1x4 Ethernet Splitter" on AliExpress, and it basically looks like a really compact 5-port gigabit switch powered over USB-C, and I figured I'd give it a try out of interest just to see if it's even close. Build quality was better than I expected — it's...
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    IPv6 commands missing on SX1012 (SwitchX-2) despite IPv6 TCAM resources being visible

    I have a strange issue with my Mellanox SX1012 SwitchX-2 and I am hoping someone here has seen this before. Even though IPv4 routing works great and my EFM_SX license clearly shows L3 features are enabled, I cannot find any IPv6 commands in the CLI at all. When I try to enter ipv6...
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    Mellanox SX6036 DOA ? Fans stuck at full Power & Nothing on Serial Port

    I ordered 4 x Mellanox SX6036 from one Seller on eBay on got them forwarded to Europe via JetCarrier. 2 of those worked without Issues. Another 1 required some Action via Serial Port (9600 Baud Rate) in order to set initial Configuration and get the Management Interface working and acquiring...
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    Best 10GbE Unmanaged Switch?

    I'm looking for a good 10GbE Unmanaged Switch for my situation. I need to plug in the following: Internet NAS Computer 1 Computer 2 Computer 3 Then out to Router for WIFI So I need 6 10GbE ports on the switch and want unmanaged for easy plug and play. I figure to go with a 8 port 10GbE just in...
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    virtualization and external switching

    Hello, Does the network setup with external switching shown below make sense? Or does it introduce unnecessary complexity? Currently, I run my OPNsense firewall on bare metal, which I prefer. I plan to upgrade my hardware and am willing to virtualize OPNsense under Proxmox VE or XCP-ng to run...
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    Best place to configure VLANs: Core Switch vs Peplink 3?

    Hi everyone, I have a question regarding VLAN setup in a network. In my infrastructure, I have a core switch and a Peplink 3 (router/firewall). Should the VLANs be created and configured on the core switch, or directly on the Peplink 3? Which approach is considered best practice, and why...
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    PCIe Switch for DIY GPU cluster

    Hi, I have been looking into building a scalable GPU cluster with commodity hardwares. Use Case: Want to build a GPU cluster for mixed AI workloads. Incudes General vision models , Audio models and LLM Models. I am looking for options into the Gen5 Pcie 100+ lanes Switch , so i can make a...
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    Tupavco 8-port unmanged SFP+ 10GBE Switch $90

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/365669189225 Another seller https://www.ebay.com/itm/326619063960 I've seen this brand reviewed on this site before and seems to always get resonable recommendation for price and value.
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    jetkvm & HDMI KVM Switch

    i am currently searching for a good working KVM Switch to access multiple systems from jetkvm. My experience with "ATEN CS1798" positive: + has OSD with lots of configuration + hotkey can be changed to "scroll lock" or "left control" negative: - hotkeys do not work with jetkvm - both...
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    Dell Force 10 S4810p Switch recovery

    Hello, i bought an used s4810p switch and tried to update the Firmware and as I was trying to do that, I bricked the OS and the bootloader. I will attach the last output to the post. Now i don't get any serial output anymore, i tried to recover the internal SD Card, but without a working...
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    Hasivo S1300WP-8XGT-4S+ now available on AliExpress

    I was in need for a switch that could support a TP-Link EAP783 and plenty of other nBaseT as well as SFP+ devices with a SFP+ LAG/SFP28 uplink to avoid bottlenecking my 25G internet too much. I didn't want to cascade switches or buy dodgy 10G POE injectors and after many hours of digging I found...
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    New Home Network Buildout - POE & Switches

    My sister and her fella are in the process of buying a house, a little rough around the edges and walls and carpets/flooring are gonna need work, now, I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to get some network cabling run, I've got a rough plan and runs and what I'd run where, I'm...
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    How to failover uplink to ethernet port on Brocade ICX6610?

    We have a Brocade ICX6610 switch connected via fiber (1/3/1) as it's main uplink to our router. We would like to also have an RJ45 interface (1/1/1) as a redundant backup for if the main 1/3/1 fails. Basically when 1/3/1 is up and ok, 1/1/1 should be DISABLED and when 1/3/1 is down, 1/1/1 should...