Looking for a nice switch!

jjduru

Hello,

I'm in the process of searching for a new switch. Currently I have an 8 port Netgear one (Smart Managed). However, I'm planning to expand the network and get a bit more of control over it. The switch I'm looking for should have the following characteristics:

19'' Rack mountable

Between 20-24 RJ45 ports

L2 managed is enough for me (home/small office environment)

All ports RJ45 1000mbps

VLAN support

Nice to have 2 or 4 10gbe for the future (if it makes sense). For my ballpark, to get this it will be probably have to be used

I don't mind if it's used (but not too old) as long as I find it on eBay or similar. My ballpark is around 260€ (290$)

For new ones, I've checked:

TP-Link T2600G-28TS http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/cat-39_T2600G-28TS-(TL-SG3424).html

Cisco SG220-26 http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-SG220-26-SG220-26-K9-NA-Managed-Gigabit/dp/B00L0XNVAM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1452194398&sr=8-1&keywords=SG220-26

Netgear JGS524Ev2 http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-ProSAFE-JGS524E-Rackmount-JGS524Ev2/dp/B00GG1AD9A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1452194767&sr=8-1&keywords=JGS524Ev2

Is there any other good brands on Switches I should take a look at? Any good used model I should search for?

Here are some good options:

Cisco SG300-28 - $295.05 -
http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-SG300-28-Ethernet-Switch-SRW2024-K9-NA/dp/B007I5AE8S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1452296937&sr=8-1&keywords=Cisco+SG300-28

Cisco SG 300-20 - $274.93
http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-SG-300-20-SRW2016-K9-NA-20-Port/dp/B0041ORN9M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1452297203&sr=8-1&keywords=Cisco+SG300-20

robi

I use a dozen of similar TP-Links, they are fast, reliable, and low-power consuming.

messerchmidt

http://routerboard.com/CRS226-24G-2SplusIN

this mikrotik one is good, and had two 10gb uplinks for future use

bluepr0

@messerchmidt:

http://routerboard.com/CRS226-24G-2SplusIN

this mikrotik one is good, and had two 10gb uplinks for future use

Woha! How is this one so cheap?! Are these reliable? Thanks!

thadrumr

I have used a lot of the Mikrotik Products at work they are awesome products and are very reliable. The routers are very nice for the money. They have one that is a 72 core processor and will route over 100 Million packets per second. For switches also have a look at Ubiquiti products their Edgeswitch line are awesome products as well and very reliable. They are based on the Broadcom fast path chipset which HP and Dell use as the base for some of their switches. The company I work for uses all Mikrotik for routing and Ubiquiti Edgeswitch for switches. We started with the Cisco SG300/SG500 switches but could get just as good of a switch for almost half the cost using Ubiquiti. For example for a 24 port POE switch with a 250W power supply you are looking at $399. The non POE version is $199 retail. That Mikrotik CRS switch you linked to can also be a router.

https://www.ubnt.com/edgemax/edgeswitch-lite/
http://routerboard.com/CCR1072-1G-8Splus

BillBraskey

Just as I anticipated when I began to read this thread, not a single mention of HP gear! Although I loathe their consumer-grade stuff, the Procurve gear is quite good. Their documentation and configuration/management interface beat Cisco by a mile. I guess Cisco has such market domination that those who were raised on it tend to think HP stuff is weird. But that can be a major advantage to you when it comes to finding used equipment at a great price. Keep an open mind.

jahonix

@bluepr0:

Woha! How is this one {mikrotik} so cheap?!

There is no free lunch. You get what you pay for.

@thadrumr:

I have used a lot of the Mikrotik Products

Where are you from? In Europe they aren't particularly known as switch manufacturer. Just one of the zillion prosumer brands.

@BillBraskey:

Keep an open mind.

As always!

HP not being on this list just means there's nobody in this forum using them (or dare to write about it).

I've used (in alphabetical order…)
-3Com
-Accton
-Allied Telesys
-Cisco
-Edge-corE
-Extreme Networks
-HP
-KTI/Katron
-LevelOne
-Linksys
-Longshine
-(Netgear)
-SMC
-TrendNet
switches in the past. I would assume I'm quite open minded. But does this list tell you something?
Once you use a CLI more often, you start build a preference with one brand and stick to that.

I had a two day training on Edge-corE switches, which by itself was great. But it doesn't mean that I still use their gear.

raab

I use the Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch 24 Lite at home, it's fanless but the SFP's only support 1gbit

whitexp

enjoying the topic ..
someone knows a switch 8ports 1GbE + 2ports 10GbE?

thanks

jahonix

@whitexp:

someone knows a switch 8ports 1GbE + 2ports 10GbE?

The smallest switch with 10Gb ports I currently know is from D-Link DGS-1510-20

Guest

@whitexp:

enjoying the topic ..
someone knows a switch 8ports 1GbE + 2ports 10GbE?

thanks

Netgear XS708E
8 x 100/1000/10000 MBit/s + 1 SFP+
Netgear XS712T
12 x 100/1000/10000 MBit/s + 2 SFP+

So you get GBit/s, GbE and SFP+ Ports as you want it.

Guest

One thing worth considering is the web configuration page of device. I am a big fan of the older Linksys-Cisco SG300 seriers but the fact that it requires Internet Explorer is a serious drawback. I have to keep an XP box just to administer them.

Any reports on the D-Link DGS-1510 devices browser requirments? I like the specs on that device. Almost too good for the money!

Guest

Any reports on the D-Link DGS-1510 devices browser requirments? I like the specs on that device. Almost too good for the money!

IE, Opera and Seamonkey are running well to administer the switch without no problems!

johnpoz

"Cisco SG300 seriers but the fact that it requires Internet Explorer is a serious"

Huh?? I have a sg300-10, and can just use the cli to admin them.. But sure if you want to use a gui, I use firefox 43.0.4 just fine with them - haven't used IE in quite some time on anything. But I do have a old netgear gs108t that firefox is buggy with, and have to use IE for that.

But the sg300 I have used firefox, chrome without any issues - but I don't know of anything you can not just do through the cli via ssh or telnet even. And they even come with a console port you could use..

chris4916

@jahonix:

I'd tell you a joke about UDP, but I'm not sure you'd get it.

I got it (good joke BTW) but I can't even let you know, convinced your SPI FW will drop my ACK :P

;D ;D ;D

Guest

I was speaking about the Linksys SRW line which Cisco bought. It would only work with Internet Explorer. It became the SG300 Line.

jahonix

@Phishfry:

the Linksys SRW line which Cisco bought.

Man, that's last millennium or so. You can't really compare those to current SG300, fortunately!
I had one of those and they were horrible. The "CLI" was more like a click-through ASCII menu, nowhere could you use a command line.
Linksys is now owned by Belkin and I don't know how much of the original SRW-code is still in the SG series. Can't be much.

johnpoz

didn't those crappy SRW all go end of life like mid 2010 or something.. the SG line is nothing like those at all.. I think the confusion came with the SRW used as the model number SRW2008-K9-NA..

whitexp

@BlueKobold:

@whitexp:

enjoying the topic ..
someone knows a switch 8ports 1GbE + 2ports 10GbE?

thanks

Netgear XS708E
8 x 100/1000/10000 MBit/s + 1 SFP+
Netgear XS712T
12 x 100/1000/10000 MBit/s + 2 SFP+

So you get GBit/s, GbE and SFP+ Ports as you want it.

wow , only with 1 SFP the price is very expensive :-\

Guest

wow , only with 1 SFP the price is very expensive

But on the other hand, you get what you asked for. And this are very strong and powerful switches
that are not coming along with cheap chips inside! Switch is not only switch!!! You can get Layer3
switches for 300 € and 3.500 € depending on your needs and your wishes.