Re: [nznog] decent SOHO switches?

Hi JJ, Mikrotik do a range of switches from 5 ports up to 28 ports currently and pricing is reasonable. Check out the CSS106, CSS326, CRS112-8P-4S and CRS328-24P-4S+ on our web site and tell me what you think about the pricing..... They handle VLAN’s, QinQ, priority and much more. And no annual software charges and free updates for life. Regards Stuart Sent from my iPhone

On 28/06/2019, at 3:02 AM, Richard Hector wrote:

Hi all,

I hope this isn't too far off topic.

What's available in the way of managed switches (at least including 802.1q VLANs) at a suitable price for a small office?

The (8-port) one I bought 4 years ago, even at the time the https ui didn't work, because browsers had stopped supporting old certs or ciphers or something. I raised it with the wholesaler, who raised it with the manufacturer - no new firmware ever came out. I couldn't load my own cert onto it either.

Is there anything better around, at a reasonable price?

I'm not keen on what I understand is the cisco model either, where you have to maintain a support contract to get any updates.

Stretching even further - I don't suppose there's anything out there with fully Free (as in freedom) firmware? Does SDN give us that?

Feel free to reply off-list if you don't want to promote (or disparage) your suppliers (or self) in public :-)

Cheers, Richard _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz https://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog