TRENDnetACCESSORIES 10-PORT 2.5G WEB SMART POE+ SWITCH WITH 10G SFP+ SLOTS

Shipped to the UK with only a US mains adapter. I managed to source a UK adapter locally, but setup is not straightforward. It uses an ancient procedure from the 1990s. Once set up it appeared to work with a single device connected to it, but when I connected 8 (low-traffic) devices and a 1 GB fibre via SPF it just couldn't cope. I had tried a TP-link equivalent which worked perfectly out of the box with no setup, but that was too noisy (two fans). So back to my 1 GB Net Gear switch until something better comes along.

I needed something that supported 2.5 Gbps with a 10 Gbps Uplink (Fiber preferred) and this product meets those goals at a decent price point. I got this switch for my 3d printers to keep up with the streaming camera's and it handles the workload well. I was however impressed with the Management WebUI, its snappy and responsive. I have worked with other "web browser managed" switches in the past and this one seems to work decently. It did take me a minute to figure out how they tagged / untagged vlans per port. It isn't the "best" but still usable and functional. For me, its going to be more of a Set it and Forget it, so though it was a little tedious to set it up the fist time, I really only need to do it once and I am good to go. I really love that it has two 10 G SFP+ ports to match the possible throughput of the switch, allowing for full bandwidth on all the copper ports.

Exactly as stated...it might be related to copper sfp+s...as another switch is having the same issue, but the same switch works as a 10 gig fiber LACP...so...maybe this would too. That is not what I needed it for, and ended up getting a poe++ switch with more ports (qnap). More expensive, but fit the reqs. This was a coolswitch, but too expensive for only 10 ports and not poe++

For home use there isn’t a lot of economical options when it comes to managed 2.5gb+ switches. While there are some with a few 10gb ports like the Netgear GS110EMX or Zyxel XGS1250-12, neither has enough 2.5+ ports or support vlan and IP routing.If you need a layer2+ managed switch with multiple 2.5gb ports and links, this is it for under $350. The only thing lacking is PoE if you need that.

As a 2.5G PoE switch, this was a very compelling product at a decent price point for home use. Overall, I think the device and the software are quite good. Plenty of configurability, and it overall offered all the options I needed for VLANs and setting up ports for access.I tested several SFP+ modules and all worked perfectly. My main trunk back to my network was a 10GBase-LR over SMF, and it worked no problem. The 2.5G ports all auto negotiate to various machines very well, too. I was able to get near line speed on the 2.5G ports.Physically, the switch feels like a solid piece of hardware. It has good weight to it, and is constructed well. The rack mount option was perfect. However, I will say that the fan noise is pretty loud-- and I think louder than it needs to be. If you remove the cover, it actually becomes near silent, so something about their air flow management through the unit causes all the noise that the fans produce. It is unlikely that changing the fans with other fans would make much difference.But I ended up having problems with stability of PoE. The switch itself seems to be very stable, it never missed a beat. But I had a single AP attached to this (a Ubiquiti U6-LR), and the AP ended up crashing constantly. This AP model is definitely a more power hungry AP, but it fits within the PoE+ spec, and it does not have problems on any other switch I tested with. The crashing was easily reproducible just by running a single speedtest even. I even enabled the "Low Performance" mode for the AP, and it still was unstable. So unfortunately, this was not acceptable and I had to send this switch back.As I did not have time to fight with this, I opted to return it rather than work with their support, so I cannot comment on their technical support.The factory reset was easy to perform, so at least it's painless to reset when you need to return it. :-)

Overall the switch is working great and gave me what I needed for a residential setup that has multiple VLANs (IoT, Business, and personal). The one complaint that I have is it is missing a feature that TP-Link's managed switch has that allows better MAC address VLAN'ing. This one does do this to an extent but the assignment has to belong to a specific port which prevents me from "roaming" on the device and would effectively force me to upgrade my Access Points and have them address this shortcoming to achieve this. The other managed switch from the other company allows me to do this successfully and not limit the MAC address to VLAN reservation to a single port and if there was a 2.5G version of this switch that was in the 4 digit price range, I would get it. Fortunately for my case, the computers that need to be set do not roam and works for what I need. I have not had a chance to test the SFP ports at 10G but have the modules on order.If you need a managed switch that is capable of speeds above 1Gbps this is really the only one out there right now that has more than 1-2 ports that doesn't cost you an arm and a leg. It has a lot of features you would expect from a managed switch. If you just need a plug and play switch there are a lot of other options out there that have a lower price tag than this.