Omada SG3218XP-M2, 16 Port Multi-Gig 2.5G L2+ Smart Managed PoE Switch | 2x10GE SFP+ Port, 8 PoE+ Port@240W, Support Omada SDN, Static Routing, IGMP Snooping, Abundant Security Features

Good switch functions. The only issue is the noise of the cooling fans.

no subscription or management appliance needed. not loud, not bright, not flimsy. works fine for months on end in a back pantry running a couple poe devices, and can do basic things like vlan and link-aggregate. no nat/firewall but thats a plus for my use. if you want there is an app, you can see link states and graphs and intuitively configure each port seems very fast. i have a poe wifi-6 ap (w/ guest & private networks, using the same vlans as wired ports), a poe camera, a couple fast ethernet connections and some workstations & tvs, a printer. this thing never seems to need reboot or any other grief. would recommend for home / office or retail

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Disclaimer... this recommendation to replace the fans will likely void any warranty on this very expensive switch, should you choose to accept and proceed with the recommendation. The fans are LOUD. I had my doubts about how loud they are, but after connecting it in the corner of our great room behind a built-in corner cabinet where we have rear access to our networking closet and being able to hear them in another room of the house, I understood what others were referring to as VERY LOUD fans. It's literally unbearable by any stretch of the imagination. I don't understand why TP-Link would put a dime-store fan in an expensive switch like this. Put the quiet fans in the switch and charge me another 25-30 bucks. I've already agreed to overpay for the switch; what's another 25-30 bucks? Anyway... the solution will cost you about 30 bucks and a few minutes of your time. You will want to order two of the Noctua NF-A4x20 FLX fans. Remove the six screws from the switch casing and remove the top, and you'll see the two factory-installed fans on the end. There are two screws (washers and nuts on the back side) on each fan that you'll need to remove. You can pry off the white siliconized glue on each connector with a small screwdriver. It's rubbery and could take a minute or two to remove. Disconnect the fans and maybe keep them in case you need to reinstall them to send the switch in for warranty (that could end up being voided). Keep the factory screws and nuts with the factory fans, as you won't need those for the Noctua fans. Install the Noctua fans with labels on the outside so the fans pull air from the other end and blow out the mounted end. Use the small included screws that came with the Noctua fans so that you don't have to fight with the factory screws with the washers and nuts on the backside of the fans. The Noctua screws work great. The connectors plug right into the same pin connectors on the board... no extra wires to worry with. Close it up... surgery is finished. Plug it in and enjoy a VERY QUIET pair of fans that you probably won't hear with the unit sitting right in front of you. :)

Dislike: No power switch or hard reset button (at all). Dislike: Web interface keeps becoming unresponsive Dislike: Random inexplicable port deactivations Dislike: Fragmented Web UI, related features spread out over multiple menus/tabs Dislike: Couldn't get the SFP+ ports to work at all Replaced a Netgear router that was taken out by a power surge (but worked perfectly well for 2 years before that). So can't blame the cabling/other routers/power supply/anything else Would have returned it but took longer than the AMZ return window to figure out quite how awful it is. It was unreliable from the day it was first plugged in. Update: Things can go wrong with any product, so I wanted to provide an update on how TP-Link support addressed this case. The answer is: they did nothing to make me revise my low opinion of the brand. Their online chat is at least responsive, but somehow you wind up sending them emails which they *will not* respond to in less that 24h. Thus, the support process drags out over several days. Eventually got an RMA authorized 5 days after first reporting an issue. By that time, I'd been obliged to buy a replacement. And (quoting the Support operator) 'Unfortunately, we don't do refund as the switch is purchased from Amazon and we don't have control over Amazon stock. But, I can help you to get a replacement for that switch.'

If you know Cisco CLI this is about as easy as it gets. Cheaper than Cisco. Very power efficient. Runs quiet. LACP was easy. Vlans easy. Only new concept is pvids, basically native vlans.

My NDI video / Audio network works 190% better with this switch

I needed a 2.5Gb switch to use along with my 2Gb symmetrical fiber connection. This works great for that. Wired speeds are 2.5Gbps as expected using compatible NICs. Using Unifi 7 Pro Max access points and this switch with POE, I'm able to take advantage of the full ISP speeds over wireless. Might go for the 24 port version in the future.

As you of now, no issues whatsoever. Only complaint I have is the fan its a bit loud even with light load. Will probably replace it soon with a noctua fan. But overall I am happy with the 2.5gb connections

SG3218XP-M2 - a very nice 16 port 2.5GbE with 2 SFP+ ports. The fans are a bit noisy when the switch is starting up. Nice switch to upgrade my home network backbone for servers/storage. Can configure the switch via GUI or can use the controller software/hardware. The mounting brackets are also very nice. You can rotate them, so you can mount to the wall or under a desk. Please note, only the first 8 ports have PoE.

I got this because it was the only thing available that fit my criteria for my home backbone switch. I needed a total of 16 2.5Gbps ports, I needed at least 4 of those to be PoE, and I wanted to have SPF+ 10Gbps for uplink to be a little future proof. I could not find anything else that met those criteria. This switch is working great and does what I'd hoped. The management options are more than I as an average home user needs, but they are out of the way in a default sense. Had to do a firmware upgrade out of the box, not surprising, but not the most intuitive, since it does not automatically load the new firmware, but rather "stages" it and you have to configure it to switch. I'm sure that is "enterprise grade", but again, overkill at home. I will say that the noise is terrible. I had this switch in a closed cabinet, in a room with the door closed, and you can hear the fans through the walls. It was ridiculous. However, I followed the excellent advice from "WR Parker" (in the reviews) to swap in 20mm Noctua fans - it was easy and worked immediately. The Noctua fans are so quiet I had to double check to ensure the device was on.