Which Switch should I buy to use on a Raspberry Pi 4 (Kit) with a USB to Ethernet (TL-UE300)
Switches: (I don't need POE)
Thanks.
Which Switch should I buy to use on a Raspberry Pi 4 (Kit) with a USB to Ethernet (TL-UE300)
Switches: (I don't need POE)
Thanks.
I doubt it really makes a difference, they'll both do the job. I have a TL-SG108E which works fine, but I'm sure the GS308E would work just as well.
I don't know the Netgear GS308E, but I had the TP-Link TL-SG108E a few weeks for testing.
I recommend against the TP-Link, because it looses its configuration after power off and power on.
After that experience I ordered a Zyxel GS1200, there is a 5-port and a 8-port version. With the Zyxel device I'm now a happy camper.
It doesn't, otherwise I'd have had to reconfigure mine several times. Which I haven't.
I do not question your statement, but my two devices (TL-SG108E and TL-SG105E) did loose their configuration after a power off. Perhaps I had two faulty devices. I sent them back to Amazon and got a refund.
If you look at the Amazon customer reviews, there are a lot of complaints about this switch. If you're satisfied with your TP-Link switches, then it's okay.
We're here to exchange our personal experiences, the OP will make his own judgement upon the contributes made here.
Old versions of the firmware required you to save to write to the startup-config. Since this concept was foreign to novices, i.e. separate running-config and startup-config, the latest firmware now does a save whenever you make a change. The downside to that is that if you make a mistake that locks you out, you can no longer recover by cycling power. Now you have to reset, then reload your backup.
The TP-Link switches came with the latest firmware (Dec. 2019, V4 as far as I can remember) and I always saved the config changes.
After a reboot everything was okay, but after power down/up the switches had factory setting.
I have the TP Link TL-SG108E v4 and mine doesn't lose config, and I like the fact it has link aggregation for my NAS server too... For £29 it's been alright.
I'm using mine with a Rpi4 too
just some info to add here after getting the gs308e...
in short avoid it... unless you only want basic internal isolation and or / rate control...
too insecure for wan usage...
The TP-Link and Netgear have the major security flaw that the management interface listens on all VLANs. The Zyxel can be configured to listen on one VLAN. Zyxel does not offer a PoE version though.
As mentioned in the other thread: Go up a step to e.g the ZyXEL GS1900-8HP. Then you can run OpenWrt on it.