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What (managed) switch are you using? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by UncleReaton@lemmy.ml to c/homelab@lemmy.ml

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I currently have an old Cisco Catalyst 2960. I'm limited by the 100Mbps speed and it's starting to really bothering me. I was thinking of maybe switching to a Mikrotik CRS112-8P-4S-IN but i'd like to you know what you folks are using.

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[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Managed"... fully CLI like your 2960, or just "configurable" with a webUI?

After 2 or 3 firmware updates the tiny little Netgears aren't toooo bad, but you're not going to get the level of config a Cisco Catalyst will give you... but the power consumption is waaay less.

[–] UncleReaton@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not gonna lie i like a good CLI but as long it supports VLAN tagging and it has Gigabit ports i'm fine with it.

[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago

Well, the GS105Ev2 and GS108PEv3 have been good for me 24/7 for years.

They support VLANs, QoS & IGMP, which is most of what anyone needs at home.

But make sure you update the firmware, I recall the older (shipped) firmware had some issues (security and functionality)