ECS2512FP - 2 remaining (originally 4)
After watching it's listing for a couple months, dropping from 650 -> 600, and more recently to 500, on a whim I went ahead and offered $300 and had it accepted within a couple hours. I'd bought one other piece of equipment from them back in July which ended up working out quite well, and got a note from the seller stating appreciation for the repeat 'bidness.
Some further information on the switch:
Engenius more recently introduced the 2510FP (~$500 MSRP), which they're now selling in place of the 2512FP; originally ~$750 (LOL), but eventually dropped to 600, I'm assuming after finally accepting the fact that almost nobody was crazy enough to buy it at that price. Why pay 750 for 8x2.5 when just a little more $ gets you up to 8x10Gbe (even within their own lineup
)?!
Anyway, the 'updated' model is cheaper' but for good reason. Both have a 240w POE budget... but instead of 4 SFP+ ports, you're cut down to 2, and (the much bigger deal IMO) and are limited to POE+ (at least officially anyway... from what I've heard, it'll 'unofficially' support POE++ just like the 2512FP, but I can't validate that, and would rather just stick with 'known' support). With all the Wifi7 APs seemingly all requiring POE++ (zyxel/ruckus/omada/engenius), some newer PTZ floodlight cams and IOT-type devices having burst-y usage similarly, could be problematic if the newer 2510FP doesn't continue to maintain this 'unofficial' .bt support.. Plus, the extra 2 SFP+ ports make this one great for stacking without bandwidth constraining the top of the stack
Engenius Cloud Switches:
For those unfamiliar with their switches, unlike engenius' 'cloud' AP's, their switches are fully hybrid, able to be managed both locally (UI and CLI) as well as via their cloud platform at the same time. FW is posted to their website (you know, like it always should be lol), as are the release notes. The local UI is quite responsive thankfully, far cry from some others I've dealt with (esp. cisco's 'small business' line - ugh). Has all the typical "L2+" features one would typically expect (LACP/SNMP/etc), and maybe a few one might not (MVR, DHCP snoop & relay, MAC filtering).
I have 5 of their switches now between parents, in-laws, and home, and have been quite pleased with them so far at least!
After watching it's listing for a couple months, dropping from 650 -> 600, and more recently to 500, on a whim I went ahead and offered $300 and had it accepted within a couple hours. I'd bought one other piece of equipment from them back in July which ended up working out quite well, and got a note from the seller stating appreciation for the repeat 'bidness.
Some further information on the switch:
Engenius more recently introduced the 2510FP (~$500 MSRP), which they're now selling in place of the 2512FP; originally ~$750 (LOL), but eventually dropped to 600, I'm assuming after finally accepting the fact that almost nobody was crazy enough to buy it at that price. Why pay 750 for 8x2.5 when just a little more $ gets you up to 8x10Gbe (even within their own lineup
)?!Anyway, the 'updated' model is cheaper' but for good reason. Both have a 240w POE budget... but instead of 4 SFP+ ports, you're cut down to 2, and (the much bigger deal IMO) and are limited to POE+ (at least officially anyway... from what I've heard, it'll 'unofficially' support POE++ just like the 2512FP, but I can't validate that, and would rather just stick with 'known' support). With all the Wifi7 APs seemingly all requiring POE++ (zyxel/ruckus/omada/engenius), some newer PTZ floodlight cams and IOT-type devices having burst-y usage similarly, could be problematic if the newer 2510FP doesn't continue to maintain this 'unofficial' .bt support.. Plus, the extra 2 SFP+ ports make this one great for stacking without bandwidth constraining the top of the stack
Engenius Cloud Switches:
For those unfamiliar with their switches, unlike engenius' 'cloud' AP's, their switches are fully hybrid, able to be managed both locally (UI and CLI) as well as via their cloud platform at the same time. FW is posted to their website (you know, like it always should be lol), as are the release notes. The local UI is quite responsive thankfully, far cry from some others I've dealt with (esp. cisco's 'small business' line - ugh). Has all the typical "L2+" features one would typically expect (LACP/SNMP/etc), and maybe a few one might not (MVR, DHCP snoop & relay, MAC filtering).
I have 5 of their switches now between parents, in-laws, and home, and have been quite pleased with them so far at least!
