Sodola SL-SWTGW2C48NS

[Lefa]

Hi Patrick and the STH team,

Thank you for reviewing the Sodola SL-SWTGW2C48NS switch.

I was looking to upgrade to 10GB with SFP+. So last fall I ordered a MikroTik CRS309-1G-8S+IN, as I have heard lots of good things about it. And price was reasonable. Got it, upgraded the firmware, and it become a brick. At that point I didn't realize that that was a good thing. I returned that and started to look for an alternative and found Sodola's SL-SWTGW2C48NS. Looked around your site, and to my surprise I could not find a test of that specific model on your site, as this for sure would fit the series of cheap switches. However, I saw that you had tested Sodolas switches before, and they seemed to be well worth their price. So I ordered one, and sure it performs well. And as your review points out the benefit of 4 extra RJ45 ports is nice, and makes the price even better if you ask me. A 10GBE Ethernet transceiver after a quick look on Amazon goes from about 10€, I guess about 12$. I have also tested it with a DAC, and that too works. So far so good.
The bad thing is that the fan seems a bit noisy, I might upgrade that at some point.
All in all I'm happy with it.

Now to a question:
I have tried to set the switch IP address, with no success. I wonder if anyone has done it and succeeded, and if so what is the correct process to do it? I have tried a few things, but either I loose connection totally (and have to do a hard reset), or it reverts back to it's factory setting after power down.

Kind regards,
Leif

 

[Matta]

So last fall I ordered a MikroTik CRS309-1G-8S+IN, as I have heard lots of good things about it. And price was reasonable. Got it, upgraded the firmware, and it become a brick. At that point I didn't realize that that was a good thing. I returned that and started to look for an alternative and found Sodola's SL-SWTGW2C48NS.

Apologies for offtopic, but how on earth did you managed to brick Mikrotik switch by upgrading firmware ? Process is straightforward.
Also, how did you returned bricked device ?

I have tried to set the switch IP address, with no success. I wonder if anyone has done it and succeeded, and if so what is the correct process to do it? I have tried a few things, but either I loose connection totally (and have to do a hard reset), or it reverts back to it's factory setting after power down.

Back on topic - I suppose that you've set IP address under "Network" => "IP Address". Perhaps you've forgotten to click "save" in upper right corner of the interface ?
If you clicked save and it still soft-bricks or loses settings then you probably got faulty unit.

 

[Lefa]

Well after firmware update just beeping.. I did follow the manual, later I read that other people had run into it to. Some got it back with netinstall application. Hard reset didn't help either. Amazon took it back.



I have to double check, there is an apply button...looked on internet for a pic, true the save is well hidden at the top. I'll let you know if it works.
I haven't set up any VLAN's so I guess I don't have to do any changes to that?