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[[File:Switches 1.jpg|left|thumb|Netgear GS108PE and Mikrotik CSS610-8G-2S+In switches]]
I use a number of network switches in my house and homelab, this page details all of them
 
==Mikrotik CRS112-8P-4S-IN==
[[File:CRS112-8P-4S-IN stock image.png|left|thumb|CRS112-8P-4S-IN stock image]]At the core to my homelab is this POE switch, it is capable of standard POE, POE+, and passive POE, which is extremely useful. It runs RouterOS, which is rather daunting, but is extremely powerful. It allows for granular monitoring of POE usage through serial or SSH, which is used in [https://power.eda.gay power.eda.gay]. It also organises a lot of VLANs:
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! Interface
!Physical Connection
!VLAN(s)
|-
| ether1
|TL-RP108GE
|[[Main Network]] (untagged), [[AirVPN LAN]] (23), [[Guest LAN]] (5)
|-
|ether2
|Mikrotik CSS610-8G-2S+IN
| [[Main Network]] (untagged)
|-
|ether3
|[[Main Page|EAP225]] Wi-Fi AP
|[[Main Network]] (untagged), [[AirVPN LAN]] (23), [[Guest LAN]] (5)
|-
|ether4
| [[Blikvm PiKVM]]
|[[Main Network]] (untagged)
|-
|ether5
|[[Raspberry Pi|SSHGITDNS raspberry pi]]
|[[Main Network]] (untagged)
|-
|ether6
|[[Intel Compute Stick]]
|[[Main Network]] (untagged)
|-
|ether7
|
|
|-
|ether8
|
|
|}
 
==TL-RP108GE==
[[File:TL-RP108GE.jpg|left|thumb|TL-RP108GE Switch]]Perhaps my most interesting switch is this TP-Link TL-RP108GE. It is a (managed) switch that is itself powered off POE, and also has a passive POE output, in addition to a standard DC output jack. You can do all sorts of interesting things with this. I use it to provide more physical interfaces to my [[Pfsense router|Netgear SG-1100 pfsense router]]. I use it's DC output jack to power the router. That's right, my router is powered off POE!
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Interface
!Physical Connection
!VLAN(s)
|-
|1
|Mikrotik CRS112-8P-4S-IN
|[[Main Network]] (untagged), [[AirVPN LAN]] (23), [[Guest LAN]] (5), [[Swiss LAN]] (22)
|-
|2
|[[Pfsense router|Netgear SG-1100 pfsense router]] ('LAN' NIC)
|[[Main Network]] (untagged)
|-
|3
|[[Pfsense router|Netgear SG-1100 pfsense router]] ('OPT' NIC)
|[[AirVPN LAN]] (23), [[Guest LAN]] (5), [[Swiss LAN]] (Untagged)
|-
|4
|
|
|-
|5
|
|
|-
|6
|
|
|-
|7
|[[TrueNAS NAS|TrueNAS NA]]  (motherboard gigabit NIC)[[TrueNAS NAS|S]]
|[[AirVPN LAN]] (23), [[Swiss LAN]] (22)
|-
|8
|
|
|}
 
==Mikrotik CSS610-8G-2S+IN==
[[File:Switches 1.jpg|left|thumb|Netgear GS108PE and Mikrotik CSS610-8G-2S+In switches]]The Mikrotik CSS610-8G-2S+in has two 10 gigabit SFP+ ports, connected to [[TrueNAS NAS]] and [[Blahaj0 workstation|blahaj0]]. It is a nice managed switch, and it itself is powered off passive POE. It currently has the default configuration and does not do any VLAN tagging or otherwise. It runs SwitchOS, which is a little easier than RouterOS.
 
[[File:New switch opened.jpg|thumb|Netgear GS516TP Switch (opened up)]]
[[File:New switch opened.jpg|thumb|Netgear GS516TP Switch (opened up)]]
[[File:TL-RP108GE.jpg|left|thumb|TL-RP108GE Switch]]
I have a lot of managed switches in my homelab. The Mikrotik CSS610-8G-2S+in has two 10 gigabit SFP+ ports, connected to [[TrueNAS NAS]] and [[Blahaj0 workstation|blahaj0]]. It is a nice managed switch, and it itself is powered off passive POE. The switch above is my old POE switch, which was replaced with one with more ports.


It was replaced with a Netgear GS516TP Switch, which can also be managed. It has 8 POE ports, which power four [[Raspberry Pi]]<nowiki/>s, the mikrotik switch, and access points.  
== Netgear GS516TP ==
Currently unused. This switch is rather old now, it draws 10-15W with nothing attached! Interestingly it can itself be powered off POE+.


Perhaps my most interesting switch is the TP-Link TL-RP108GE. It is a (managed) switch that is itself powered off POE, and also has a passive POE output, in addition to a standard DC output jack. You can do all sorts of interesting things with this.
== Netgear GS108PE ==
Currently unused.

Revision as of 21:28, 14 September 2023

I use a number of network switches in my house and homelab, this page details all of them

Mikrotik CRS112-8P-4S-IN

CRS112-8P-4S-IN stock image

At the core to my homelab is this POE switch, it is capable of standard POE, POE+, and passive POE, which is extremely useful. It runs RouterOS, which is rather daunting, but is extremely powerful. It allows for granular monitoring of POE usage through serial or SSH, which is used in power.eda.gay. It also organises a lot of VLANs:

Interface Physical Connection VLAN(s)
ether1 TL-RP108GE Main Network (untagged), AirVPN LAN (23), Guest LAN (5)
ether2 Mikrotik CSS610-8G-2S+IN Main Network (untagged)
ether3 EAP225 Wi-Fi AP Main Network (untagged), AirVPN LAN (23), Guest LAN (5)
ether4 Blikvm PiKVM Main Network (untagged)
ether5 SSHGITDNS raspberry pi Main Network (untagged)
ether6 Intel Compute Stick Main Network (untagged)
ether7
ether8

TL-RP108GE

TL-RP108GE Switch

Perhaps my most interesting switch is this TP-Link TL-RP108GE. It is a (managed) switch that is itself powered off POE, and also has a passive POE output, in addition to a standard DC output jack. You can do all sorts of interesting things with this. I use it to provide more physical interfaces to my Netgear SG-1100 pfsense router. I use it's DC output jack to power the router. That's right, my router is powered off POE!

Interface Physical Connection VLAN(s)
1 Mikrotik CRS112-8P-4S-IN Main Network (untagged), AirVPN LAN (23), Guest LAN (5), Swiss LAN (22)
2 Netgear SG-1100 pfsense router ('LAN' NIC) Main Network (untagged)
3 Netgear SG-1100 pfsense router ('OPT' NIC) AirVPN LAN (23), Guest LAN (5), Swiss LAN (Untagged)
4
5
6
7 TrueNAS NA (motherboard gigabit NIC)S AirVPN LAN (23), Swiss LAN (22)
8

Mikrotik CSS610-8G-2S+IN

Netgear GS108PE and Mikrotik CSS610-8G-2S+In switches

The Mikrotik CSS610-8G-2S+in has two 10 gigabit SFP+ ports, connected to TrueNAS NAS and blahaj0. It is a nice managed switch, and it itself is powered off passive POE. It currently has the default configuration and does not do any VLAN tagging or otherwise. It runs SwitchOS, which is a little easier than RouterOS.

Netgear GS516TP Switch (opened up)

Netgear GS516TP

Currently unused. This switch is rather old now, it draws 10-15W with nothing attached! Interestingly it can itself be powered off POE+.

Netgear GS108PE

Currently unused.

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