Omada SG3428X, Jetstream 24 Port Gigabit L2+ Smart Managed Switch

Very nice, works as expected. SFP+ ports are a godsend for fast connectivity to servers in my homelab. No product issues till now writing after 1.3 year.

Port speeds as advertised. But please avoid if at all your budget allows. Dlink or Huawei is better. Jetstream advertises a lot of features but there are strange quirks of the system. CLI is similar to Cisco with a few differences. A lot of port settings eg VLANs, Interface settings, etc simply do not work properly. Is it a genuine struggle to set it up as per expectations. 10G randomly decides to switch to 1G. A switch reboot is needed to fix. No amount of config changes on the switch or connected server changes the link speed.

For the price point, this switch offers lots of versatility and throughput. Has a good number of 1gig ports plus a few 10gig ports for an uplink and a couple of faster devices. Runs silently and integrates perfectly with the Omada ecosystem and has many L2 and L3 features. The only trade-off is that it doesn't have any PoE ports but that was not an issue at all for me.

This is a great value if you are looking to enhance your home network. I picked this item for the 4 x sfp+ 10gig ports that I need to make everything in my home network run smoothly. If you have a couple switches in your home or small office, get the sfp+ ports so you can connect your networking gear with fiber (if possible). I combined this with a PoE switch by the same manufacturer to help cut down on bottlenecks in my home network traffic.

As a home user buying business class equipment (SG3428X), I got in way over my head! The switch itself has worked flawlessly. No complaints at all. But what really made the difference was the support I got from TP-Link! Without these people, I would have had just a big paperweight! I admit I had to make a bunch of calls, but everyone was patient and willing to educate me. So, slowly but surely I got this system up and running the way I wanted, which was pretty complex. There is a lot of hardware out there, but I don't feel any other company provides the support on a level with TP-Link. Color me Fan Boy!

Most affordable switch with a 10G uplink that I could find. With four SFP+ ports you can avoid bottlenecks by having a 10G link back to the router and connect a small number of 10G devices without spending a pile on a full set of 10GBaseT ports being wasted by gigabit devices. That is surprisingly rare in the current market with most vendors having nothing between expensive full 10G switches and simple 1G switches. L2+ features are extensive and cover all of my needs, and the built-in administrative interface makes it easy to configure. I haven’t tried the Omada controller yet as I’m running a mostly Ubiquiti setup and didn’t want to fool around with a second controller, but thankfully that’s optional with this device so it works well on its own. Build quality is excellent and its fanless design is nice and quiet. Currently using it with a fiber uplink to my router and two copper SFP+ modules for a workstation and server with throughput right up at the rated numbers when I push. Only con I can think about is that it’s very slow to start up, but that’s a rare occurrence so not much of an issue.

Switch seems fine. Good standard management features. I got a v 1.0 hardware It appears to be that some Jetstream devices have USB console drivers that are not included in Linux, and the windows driver is not signed, and not auto-installed. This made me look at my other devices and I found two out of seven devices had this issue, including one of two with the same model number. Probably due to the older hardware version. Waiting to hear back from TP-Link support. Not a huge deal as you can use the included serial console port/cable if you have a supported Com port. EDIT: TP-Link support looked into this issue, seemed to spend a lot of time with it, but is acting like it is a non-issue. To be fair, you can still use the serial console cable and a separate usb serial device.