Talk:Switches

Notes

Computer1up

http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/394724/zyxel-gs1900-24e.html

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xopr

added Netgear information

Da_Syntax

added D-Link information

Candidate long-list

Netgear

Main features:

• Gbit
• fanless(external power supply, some even have one or two-way PoE)
• VLAN support
• IGMP snooping support
• (semi)managed, some with a webpage, others with a (crappy) adobe air tool (works in wine and is reverse engineered, with a linux alternative made available)

Netgear Prosafe Gigabit Plus GS116E

• comes at around € 105,-
• see pricewatch, series features and datasheet

Netgear Prosafe Gigabit Plus GS108Ev3

• comes at around € 45,-
• see pricewatch, series features and datasheet

D-Link

Main features:

• Gbit
• fanless
• VLAN support
• IGMP snooping support
• (semi)managed, web interface or some windows tool

D-Link DGS-1100-16

• comes at around € 85,-
• see pricewatch, series features and datasheet

D-Link DGS-1100-08

• comes at around € 50,-
• see pricewatch, series features and datasheet

Comparison table

	NG GS108E	NG GS116Ev2	DL DGS-1100-08	DL DGS-1100-16
Gbit ports	8	16	8	16
MAC entries	4k	16K	8k	8k
Buffer size	192kB	6Mb or 768KB	2Mb	192kb
Max VLANs	32	100	32	128
Max LAGs (members)	n/a	8 (2-4)	n/a	8 (8)
IGMP snooping	v1, v2 & v3	v1, v2 & v3	v1, v2	v1, v2 & v3
Supported Multicast groups	128	64	32	64
IGMP snooping queries	no	yes	no	yes
QoS	rate limiting 802.1p CoS WRR WRED	rate limiting 802.1p CoS ToS WRR WRED	4 queues per port 802.1p CoS WRR	4 queues per port 802.1p CoS WRR
Port mirroring (n to 1)	7 (many)	15 (many)	1	15? (many)
Power supply	12v/1A ext.	12v/1A ext.	ext	int
Max consumption (W)	4.5	10	4.89	9.31
Fans	0	0	0	0
MTBF	5,701,574	504,993	503,585	2,827,541
Weight (kg)	0.55	0.84	0.42	1.53
Dimensions (WxDxH)mm	158x105x27	286x101x26	171x98x28	280x180x44
Bandwidth	16 GBps	32 GBps	16 GBps	32 GBps
Form-factor	desktop	desktop	desktop	desktop/rackmount (11"->19" brackets)
Management	proprietary tool http(?) depends on the model	proprietary tool http(?) depends on the model	http (IPv4) SmartConsole Utility	http (IPv4/IPv6) trap (events over udp) SNMPv1/v2c D-Link Network Assistant Utility

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Resources

• http://andreas.jakum.net/blog/2012/10/27/new-switch-d-link-dgs-1100-16