Switches
I use a number of network switches in my house and homelab, this page details all of them
Mikrotik CRS112-8P-4S-IN
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 | EAP225 Wi-Fi AP | Main Network (untagged), AirVPN LAN (23), Guest LAN (5) |
| ether2 | TL-RP108GE | Main Network (untagged), AirVPN LAN (23), Guest LAN (5) |
| ether3 | Mikrotik CSS610-8G-2S+IN | Main Network (untagged) |
| ether4 | Blikvm PiKVM | Main Network (untagged) |
| ether5 | ||
| ether6 | Intel Compute Stick | Main Network (untagged) |
| ether7 | SSH, git, DNS Raspberry Pi | Main Network (untagged) |
| ether8 | Netgear GS516TP | Main Network (untagged) |
TL-RP108GE
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), Guest LAN (5) |
| 3 | Netgear SG-1100 pfsense router ('OPT' NIC) | AirVPN LAN (23), Swiss LAN (Untagged) |
| 4 | ||
| 5 | TrueNAS NAS (motherboard gigabit NIC) | Swiss LAN (Untagged) |
| 6 | Netgear GS108PE | Guest LAN (Untagged) |
| 7 | ||
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Mikrotik CSS610-8G-2S+IN
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
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
Powers an Amazon Firestick off a POE port, and is connected to a Nintendo Switch over a non-POE port. This switch is turned off when not in use to save power.
