Cheap Interesting Chinese 4x2.5g, 2x10G switch, (but also problems with DACs)
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Here's link for 1.9 firmware and manual from HORACO:
Web manual-(https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PHLmQ58ZV3oD-gS2nSWsIe-R0jKKMvVN/view?usp=sharing)
Firmware- (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yzEZnRH4A5bM-fUlQ54IB1fmcbxu82xP/view?usp=drive_link)
I don't know why it's named as SWTGW124AS, but it seems to work just fine.
It depends on your requirements and your definition of affordable.
I have a Hasivo S600WP-5GT-2S+_SE which has 5 * 2.5GBase-T ports (4 of which have PoE) and 2 * 10G SFP+ ports as well as management via web and CLI. It was covered in STH's ultimate 2.5G switch roundup. Based on the slightly older Realtek switching platform, it has a slightly higher power consumption but not too bad.
It has some unfixed firmware bugs for the management interface, but it has been stable for a couple of months at this point in terms of actual switching. The biggest downside is really that the SFP+ slots don't seem to work with DAC cables longer than 1 meter, but longer runs work fine with cheap fiber transceivers.
I have also seen PoE versions of the newer generation Realtek switches on AliExpress, but I don't remember if they were managed as well.
Thanks for the info. Do you have link to Hasivo ?
I think 100€/110$ could be realistic budget.
4 poe/poe+ with management should be enought for me.
It's more expensive than that. The slightly older platform is more expensive since it isn't as integrated, but it also has slightly higher switching capacity.
Make sure to pick the PoE version to see the correct price since the listing has a non-PoE version too:
There are other brands selling the same switch as well, although not always PoE versions.
I attempted to flash my ZX-SWTG124AS with firmware version 1.9. However, upon completion of the flashing process, the SYS LED began to blink rapidly and I am no longer able to access the web interface. Additionally, the standard IP address for the device is unresponsive. Has anyone else experienced this issue?
Did you flash the "ZX-SWTG124AS" firmware on your 4+2 switch? Then I believe it should've worked. I accidentally flashed the 8+1 firmware on my 4+2 port switch... Bricked..
I had to remove the SPI flash chip and reflash it with a complete image dump from a 4+2 switch to fix it.
I had to remove the SPI flash chip and reflash it with a complete image dump from a 4+2 switch to fix it.
I guess you tried the reset button?
Flashing wrong device is my greatest fear as I have both 8+1 and 4+2 in my network.
Flashing wrong device is my greatest fear as I have both 8+1 and 4+2 in my network.
Just received a managed 4+2 Horaco switch from Aliexpress.
It costed 31 Euros(with coupons + coins) including shipping + tax.
I wanted to use it with my DACs, but worst case I was going to use it with my optics.
Luckily, it worked with the DACs I have(2 Meters SFP+ and 1 Meter SFP28).
iperf shows almost 10 Gigabits. So, it seems a nice switch for the price
It costed 31 Euros(with coupons + coins) including shipping + tax.
I wanted to use it with my DACs, but worst case I was going to use it with my optics.
Luckily, it worked with the DACs I have(2 Meters SFP+ and 1 Meter SFP28).
iperf shows almost 10 Gigabits. So, it seems a nice switch for the price
Horaco Service helped me: The switch is listening von 192.168.1.1 with its "firmware page" if it fails to boot. So I could recover my switch.
I also had the adventure of uploading firmwar from an 8+1 switch to a 4+2 switch.
Unfortunately the symptoms were such that the switch, after the initial lighting of all LEDs, kept flashing the SYS LED.
After connecting the cable to the RJ45 socket, the switch did not initiate the connection, so it was impossible to connect to it.
Unfortunately the symptoms were such that the switch, after the initial lighting of all LEDs, kept flashing the SYS LED.
After connecting the cable to the RJ45 socket, the switch did not initiate the connection, so it was impossible to connect to it.