TP-LINK Smart Switches anyone?
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Ok the post was started early of the year 2014 and
today other models and prices where in the game, but
if someone is looking forward to buy a managed switch
from the lower end or SMB area I would also consider
to the SG series (200,300,500) from Cisco they would
be running well and offering a wide asset of functions and
options, thats must be searched in many other switches.But owed to the circumstance that two switches must be
bought and that this two switches should be connected together
I would also have look on the D-Link DGS-1510-20! Compared
against the TL-SG2216 it comes with 16 RJ45 GB ports and
2 SFP & 2 SFP+ ports, so it would be offering 10 GBit/s for
only ~70 € more for each switch then the TL-SG2216 comes (110 €). -
Nothing beats a CLI when you're in trouble.
Why did you change-out the other switches if they were not broken?I agree but for my use I'm OK without it (I work 15 mins from my house) and it was a great price. There were lots of reasons, mostly due to increasing number of issues (things like devices rebooting, hanging, ports going bad, wanting to move to management, replacing 10/100 for gigabit, etc…).
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I just bought a TP-Link TL-SG2424 switch yesterday and I am using it now. All I can say is it is pretty awesome.
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Ok, after more than 90 days I did not have problems connecting to the web interface anymore.
What I did was to connect the switch to a PC with two interfaces:eth0 -> public interface
eth1 -> private interface to the switchThen I setup iptables to allow incoming connections only from my admin ips to eth0 through eth1.
eth1 and the switch's ip must be in the same range (eth1: 192.168.0.10 switch: 192.168.0.5)
The switch gateway must be the eth1's ip (192.168.0.10) and is advisable to change the web port in the switchThen connect like this: http://public_ip_eth0:port
Hope this help some one.
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When I looked for switches with:
- 24x 1Gbe
- fanless
- IGMPv3 snooping capabilities
the usual big one vendors didn´t offer any device. Therefor I also looked for TPLink switches, but then purchased a bunch of Zyxel GS1910-24
- Note: They work
- But: Zyxel doesn´t provide software updates that often. Any open security bugs? Who knows. They don´t provide any information. That´s the problem with those smaller vendors in my opinion. You get what you pay for that´s all
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…the usual big one vendors didn't offer any device.
I doubt that.
Cisco SG300-28; HP 1810-24G, … -
I had severe issues with Zyxel and pfSense connecting to each other using VLAN-tagged connections. The symptom was: after changing any VLAN-interface-related config in pfSense, communication would completely stop between the Zyxel GS1910-24 switch and the pfSense box on that VLAN. The only solution was to unplug and re-plug the cable (!) into the very same port of the switch.
Never had anything even similar with any TP-Link or other switch. -
the usual big one vendors didn´t offer any device.
There are many other switches out, but not really in the same price range.
Cisco SG200-xx
Cisco SG300-xx
Cisco SG500-xx
D-Link DGS-1510-xx -
…the usual big one vendors didn't offer any device.
I doubt that.
Cisco SG300-28; HP 1810-24G, …Cisco SG300-28
Well, I consider this Linksys, not Cisco ;)
HP 1810-24G
clearly no IGMPv3 snooping capabilities
D-Link DGS-1510-xx
I bought those GS1910-24 ~ 2 years ago. There was no DGS-1510…
Well, I wouldn´t buy those Zyxel anymore...
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Cisco SG300-28
Well, I consider this Linksys, not Cisco ;)
I hear you. Happily sold a couple SRW-2008/16/24 some time ago and don't look back.
These new SG-series devices are a whole lot different and there's a reason why Linksys is now a brand of Belkin. -
I have two VLANs defined on my Tplink TL-SG108E. The switch is on its own IP (192.168.0.1) which doesnt match with any of my local network. How can i put the switch ip on a separate vlan.
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Ask TP-Link.
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I have two VLANs defined on my Tplink TL-SG108E. The switch is on its own IP (192.168.0.1) which doesnt match with any of my local network. How can i put the switch ip on a separate vlan.
Is there a "Management VLAN" option anywhere in the menus?
If not, unfortunately this very basic "Easy Smart" model may not support this. This means the swicth's management interface is tied to VLAN 1.However, you can trick the whole thing by leaving it as it is in VLAN 1, and in pfSense configure the interface connecting to the switch also as untagged in 192.168.0.X/24. By simply putting all the other ports of the switch in different VLANs, you'll keep VLAN 1 as your management VLAN for the switch only.
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I had severe issues with Zyxel and pfSense connecting to each other using VLAN-tagged connections. The symptom was: after changing any VLAN-interface-related config in pfSense, communication would completely stop between the Zyxel GS1910-24 switch and the pfSense box on that VLAN. The only solution was to unplug and re-plug the cable (!) into the very same port of the switch.
Never had anything even similar with any TP-Link or other switch.@work we have >50 zyxel switches some 22xx series / some 19xx series. Never had issue's and only very few hardware failures. some of those are connected to pfSense and i've never experienced anything like you are saying.
The last 5 years we've gotten 1x 2200 & 2x 1900 that were send back in warranty. even after 5 years of service they swapped them for free, no questions asked.in any case, over here in belgium, when you send your switch back to zyxel through the official RMA procedure…. the replacement arrives in 2-3 days (after they've received your defective device). If you got a good supplier he could/should give you are replacement immediately and handle the RMA himself.
return you broken sample :)Anyways, i love these zyxel switches:
-Dirt cheap (gs-1920-24 = around $130 | is actually 28ports, has 4 sfp)
-Good warranty
-Does everything i expect them todo
-Little failuressure, there are cheapo 24p cisco(linksys)/hp/dlink switches for <$150. they are either worse in what they do and/or they have less features then the zyxels.
i'm not saying other vendors are all selling crap:
zyxel can/will not compete with top-end device from cisco/juniper/allied telesis/brocade. so if you need a $5k switch (for whatever reason) you'll end up with the big guns. -
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Is there a "Management VLAN" option anywhere in the menus?
If not, unfortunately this very basic "Easy Smart" model may not support this. This means the swicth's management interface is tied to VLAN 1.However, you can trick the whole thing by leaving it as it is in VLAN 1, and in pfSense configure the interface connecting to the switch also as untagged in 192.168.0.X/24. By simply putting all the other ports of the switch in different VLANs, you'll keep VLAN 1 as your management VLAN for the switch only.
No there is no "Management VLAN" anywhere in the menus. At the moment I have defined 3 vlans, VLAN 100/VLAN 200/VLAN 300 on pfsense box for the igb1 interface (which is connected to the switch). Are you suggesting one of the following?
a. Define "192.168.0.X/24" on the parent interface of these vlans
b. Create an additional VLAN 1 on pfsense box and define it as "192.168.0.X/24"Thanks
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At least something like a "default" VLAN?
OK, just had a look at the manual. Well, you don't even configure this device directly but through an "Easy Smart Configuration Utility".
Just try putting all ports on one VLAN (like your V100) and see if you can still reach the device through the utility program.
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Are you suggesting one of the following?
a. Define "192.168.0.X/24" on the parent interface of these vlans
That's exactly what I'm suggesting.
And don't forget to set the proper gateway address in the System IP address of the switch. -
As far as the Zyxels are concerned in our environment, the management just decided to replace them all with TP-Links so the whole VLAN-divided network will be homogeneous.
They will be used as simple dumb Layer II swhicthes at special events only, where quick deployment of tens of ports is needed for a few days only - no VLANs used at their level anymore.Zyxels performed well in our environment as long as they didn't need to handle VLANs connected to non-zyxel equipment. So - as dumb switches, or as members of a VLANned network where only Zyxels are exchanging tagged packets with each other - they are fine. Looking at the swith solely it's not possible to RMA it, because it's not defective. It just simply has interoperability problems with other manufacturers equipment, and that seems to be by design.
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Zyxels performed well in our environment as long as they didn't need to handle VLANs connected to non-zyxel equipment.
ZyXEL has been making switches a long time. I can't believe they can't handle dot1q.
