Gigabit + 10Gb Switches under $550

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EffrafaxOfWug

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I was of the same opinion myself - had never heard of them making switches before and found precious little trustworthy info about them whereas there was both a thread here detailing people's experiences with the TP-Link and I was also able to borrow one from a colleague.

My only concern really is the relatively antiquated firmware - although from the looks of things it was already wearing mothballs when it was new. For example, it doesn't support TLSv1.1 or 1.2 and only offers DH SHA1 KEX for ssh, requiring local workarounds for most ssh clients. Apparently this is quite common in network kit though (my preceding netgear switch had similar issues).
 
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i386

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Im running the v3 firmware without problems (in "dumb switch" mode though) with my T1700G-28TQ v1.
 

rippiedoos

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Looking for a cheap, managed, L2, > 12 RJ45 ports and 4 SFP+ 10Gb ports fanless or very very quiet switch to replace my CSS326 since I need one or two more SFP connections.

Zyxel XGS1930-28 and TP-LINK T1700G-28TQ v2 are being considered. Any other ideas?
I’m using a Dell N1148T-ON. It has 48 gigabit-ports and 4 SFP+-ports. The 1124T-ON has 24 gigabit-ports and also 4 SFP+-ports. It’s L2 only but fully managed and has no fan. For those interested the 1100P-ON models are the PoE-versions.

Even cheaper is the Aruba 1930 series. Also 24 and 48 ports models with 4x SFP+, web managed only no cli by App or browser and also no fan.
 

randman

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Looking for a cheap, managed, L2, > 12 RJ45 ports and 4 SFP+ 10Gb ports fanless or very very quiet switch to replace my CSS326 since I need one or two more SFP connections.

Zyxel XGS1930-28 and TP-LINK T1700G-28TQ v2 are being considered. Any other ideas?
I'm also looking for a switch with 1GbE ports and 4 SFP+ ports to go with my Zyxel XS1939-10. I thought of the Cisco SG350x-24 but from its fan can get loud. I'm not familiar with Cisco's Catalyst 2960-L series, but they seem interesting:


EDIT: these switches aren't exactly cheap, but there may be deals to be had online.

Even this line's POE switches are fanless, so that would allow me to get rid of 2 other POE switches (which I bought years ago since each POE is only 8 ports and finless). Anyone have some thoughts on the Catalyst 2960-L line?
 

psannz

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Mikrotik announced the CSS610-8G-2S+IN today: product page

8x 1GE RJ45, one with PoE-in for redundant power input.
2x 1/10G SFP+
99$ pricetag

That's a pure L2 switch running SwitchOS.

The outdoor variant is the netPower Lite 7R, also announced today, at 129$.
 
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986box

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Came across Aruba 1930 for around $200. 24 gigabit plus 4 SPF+.

anyone with good or bad experience with the switch?
 

Mithril

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Anyone have the N1124P-ON that can comment on the idle power use without any POE active?
 

zer0sum

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Anyone found a small budget priced desktop/fanless switch with Nbase-t ports and a few 10g ones?

8-12 x 2.5G/5G ports
3-4 x 10G ports

Something like the Qnap QSW-M2116P-2T2S , but unmanaged and cheaper :D

Or this Engenius ECS2512FP
 
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