It’s difficult to choose the best Ethernet switches suitable for your network from the abundance of available Ethernet switches on the market (some may prefer a managed Ethernet switch, while others won’t need anything above an unmanaged or smart Ethernet switch), so, in order to make the process simple, I have divided the article into … Read more
In light of the current global price hikes for energy, you’re very much justified in worrying about how many Watts your PoE switch actually uses. And, unless you have solar panels to enable your ‘lavish’ lifestyle, you’re going to have a bad time running too many networking devices at the same time, especially if they’re … Read more
The IGMP Proxying is a clever way of taking the strain out of a router when dealing with multiple devices that use multicast. And the way it reduces this strain is by intercepting the IGMP traffic from multiple users which either wish to join or leave the multicast group and then the proxy behaves as … Read more
The FS S3400-48T4SP is a 48-port PoE+ L2 managed switch that the manufacturer has made available a couple of years ago and yes, there is a newer version called the S3410-48TS-P which does come with some improvements, such as bigger PoE budget or hot-swappable power supplies. FS S3400-48T4SP FS.COM Check Product But the price tag … Read more
The FS S3910-24TS is the mid-range Ethernet switch model from the S3910 series, so it is slightly better equipped than the S3910-24TF which I tested a year ago, but below its 48-port sibling. And, as expected, all three models share some fundamental features. FS S3910-24TS FS.COM Check Product One of the most important technology is … Read more
The FS S2800S-8T smart managed L2+ switch is one of the most compact Ethernet switches that I tested so far and, as expected, it was developed to cater to small business networks and even for home use. This proves that FS does also focus on the needs of the users outside the enterprise-level market, but … Read more
The FS S3150-8T2FP has a lot in common with the FS S3410-10TF-P, which was the junior member of the L2+ fully managed Pro series and, besides the robust software features (plus the similarity with Cisco equipment), it was also able to handle quite a few PoE+ devices. FS S3150-8T2FP FS.COM Check Product The FS S3150-8T2FP … Read more
The EnGenius ECS2512FP is the entry-level PoE++ Ethernet switch from the Multi-Gig series and I realize that it may sound like an understatement because the device has eight 2.5GbE Ethernet ports, four 10Gbps SFP+ slots and the full support for the EnGenius Cloud management platform. EnGenius ECS2512FP EnGeniusTech.com Check Product Amazon.com Check Product Furthermore the … Read more
I am fairly certain that when you ask if you can have two routers on one modem, you don’t really mean a main router and then a secondary device that will work as an access point (daisy-chaining – we will explore this option as well), but multiple Internet connections coming from a single cable modem … Read more
The TP-Link TL-SG2210P went through several significant changes over the years, starting from the almost six year old first version that was designed to power up multiple PoE devices, as well as provide some fairly basic management options up to the latest version which is v4. TP-Link TL-SG2210P TP-Link.com Check Product Amazon.com Check Product I … Read more