The XGS1250-12 looks good but its a terrible design, they overheat and only have a silly little 40mm fan at one end of the until and the 10G ports are known to fail within 12 months, i've had to sent two of this units back for RMA as they both failed on the same ports 9 & 11, the management features arent all that great, you would be better off going for an unmanaged version and save yourself a little money. ua-cam.com/video/assw5u0umDI/v-deo.html
Thanks for the information. I agree that the switch is producing more heat compare with other switches. I barely see the fan spinning, but my unit is still working fine. I will keep an eye on it.
Please make an openwrt video with this switch 👍 On the other hand if you plug a multi gig SFP+ RJ45, like the Mikrotik S+RJ10, you will get 1/2.5/5/10G speeds as well! So 4 multi gig ports overall
Can you please do a video on how the vlan thing work. What's the orange green and grey options mean? How do I tell it this port is the one I want for this vlan. Or how do I do multiple vlans on one port. Or desktop and then vlan tags on Netgear AP for different DHCP addresses for wifi.
I need to connect my house to an end of garden office, distance is about 30m. I was planning to get 2x fibre to ethernet converters either end of a fibre cable. However, I spotted this switch. So, its FPS+ port, can this be connected to the fibe cable, to replace one of the converters, or would I still need the converter to connect to this switch? I'm assuming the switches link port is ONLY the 1GB ethernet port on its left?
Hi, according to what I feel, it is a little bit warm during working. However, the switch works silently most of the time (I haven't seen the fan start to spin, or maybe the noise is too small)
@@VanTechCorner that is one thing about programmable appliance like these that I don’t understand. If there is no difference physically between a WAN port and a LAN port, and the chip that regulates packets going between these ports is programmable, why are there dedicated LAN and WAN ports at all. A network appliance can also be made with swappable modules like that of a computer. Sometimes technical decisions are influenced by financial and business constraints. Whenever I throw away a switch or router because it is broken or too slow or doesn’t have enough ports, I feel guilty about it. Why can’t I fix it by simply swapping out the bad parts?
@@jasonluong3862 When you define it as a "LAN port" or a "WAN port", there is already a difference. Actually it is just a network port. In OpenWRT, after you installed a PCIe network adapter and configured the driver/firmware, the device will show up as a network device. After that you can assign it to the network (interface or bridge ) you want, whether it is guest network, wan network, lan network, etc. The same for Mikrotik, Ubiquiti network routers and switches, you will see the network ports naming eth0, eth1, eth2... there is no WAN and LAN, until you set it up on the OS/firmware. - "Why can’t I fix it by simply swapping out the bad parts?" There are something you can upgrade and something you can't upgrade, or something you can upgrade but the cost is more than a new device. For example, if the RAM is faulty, you can replace with a new one. However, if the BIOS chip on the mainboard is faulty, you can buy the same part for the replacement, but you need the tool to remove it from the mainboard, install the new chip and program it. - "I throw away a switch or router because it is too slow or doesn’t have enough ports" In this case you should take a look on "Network planning and design"
@@jasonluong3862 if i have to guess about the dedicated LAN/WAN ports, what comes to my mind immediately is most products are most likely aimed at general consumers who aren't ready to fiddle with more complex or business grade software/os such as pfSense or OpenWRT etc. products such as our internet modems basic router and switches they often even color those WAN port yellow to make it even more obvious for plug and play purposes, u know to make a product that even our grandmas can have a good chance to make it work. and the reason for such dedicated soldered on hardware is to reduce cost and possible provide some more processing power or energy consumption efficiency. sure we can do what u described already, modularized computer parts and ports (e.g. PCI-E/USB network port devices to customized it anyway we want). i already run a dedicated PC/OS software based network operation system and i can do exactly what u have in mind with 10x or 100x more processing power e.g. i can even throw 16 cores on the software router and even 64gb of ddr4 RAM but at the same time it draws probably like 40-80 watts which at the same time. it is probably using 5 to 10 times more energy. which i also dont think most ordinary users is not up for something like this
Great content, thank you for this detailed review. The XGS1250-12 looks liek a very good choice for small home networks. However the power consumtpion sadly is quite high, at least from a german perspective. Electricity is insanely expensive here, my NAS runs 24/7 and although it barely consumes more than 18 Watts an hour, I constantly think about electricity costs.... I would love to have my own home lab with a server and a powerful nas with 3,5 hdds (i am using 2,5 hdds for now, as they consume less power) but with this prices here, it will remain a dream....
Thank you for the comment. I don't think 10 - 12W of power consumption is high. Here in my country, most of the devices provided by the Internet Service Provider (ONT, access point) come with a 12V/1A adapter. I have checked that it consumes around 5 - 6 W during idle. Therefore, a switch capable of handling 96 Gbps throughput, with a 10G SFP+ port and 3 x 1/2.5/5/10G RJ45 ports with just 12W of power consumption is a good choice for me.
@@VanTechCorner Yeah in other countries the electriity costs are reasonably low compared to Germany. I agree with you, that 8-10W is in general not that much, it is indeed a german problem. Our politics here are absolutely incompetent that is why prices for power are surging.
The XGS1250-12 looks good but its a terrible design, they overheat and only have a silly little 40mm fan at one end of the until and the 10G ports are known to fail within 12 months, i've had to sent two of this units back for RMA as they both failed on the same ports 9 & 11, the management features arent all that great, you would be better off going for an unmanaged version and save yourself a little money.
ua-cam.com/video/assw5u0umDI/v-deo.html
Thanks for the information. I agree that the switch is producing more heat compare with other switches. I barely see the fan spinning, but my unit is still working fine. I will keep an eye on it.
is it still working fine?@@VanTechCorner
What if you want to vlan? Doesn’t that require a managed switch?
You rock!
I was just looking at it on openwrt table of hardware 😄😄
thx
Please make an openwrt video with this switch 👍 On the other hand if you plug a multi gig SFP+ RJ45, like the Mikrotik S+RJ10, you will get 1/2.5/5/10G speeds as well! So 4 multi gig ports overall
Can you please do a video on how the vlan thing work. What's the orange green and grey options mean?
How do I tell it this port is the one I want for this vlan.
Or how do I do multiple vlans on one port. Or desktop and then vlan tags on Netgear AP for different DHCP addresses for wifi.
I need to connect my house to an end of garden office, distance is about 30m. I was planning to get 2x fibre to ethernet converters either end of a fibre cable. However, I spotted this switch. So, its FPS+ port, can this be connected to the fibe cable, to replace one of the converters, or would I still need the converter to connect to this switch? I'm assuming the switches link port is ONLY the 1GB ethernet port on its left?
What cables are those going into Multi-gig?
Will a GPON ONU/ONT SFP work in this switch?
Yes it is. However it will be limited to 1G (unless you have the 10G XSGPON)
@@VanTechCorner Does it need to be SFP+ or will SFP work as well?
Beautiful switch, you are allowed us to touch amazing home network equipments. Thank you very much for, please proceed further.
Thank you, I will!
Does this switch run loud/hot?
Hi, according to what I feel, it is a little bit warm during working. However, the switch works silently most of the time (I haven't seen the fan start to spin, or maybe the noise is too small)
Nice vid thank you.
Will the SFP+ be usable if flashed with OpenWRT?
Hi, the SFP+ will not work on OpenWRT
@@VanTechCorner Do you know why?
So with OpenWRT, this switch can work as a router?
I am not sure, I have yet to try. It should be possible, but the routing performance will not high since the chipset is for a switch.
@@VanTechCorner that is one thing about programmable appliance like these that I don’t understand. If there is no difference physically between a WAN port and a LAN port, and the chip that regulates packets going between these ports is programmable, why are there dedicated LAN and WAN ports at all. A network appliance can also be made with swappable modules like that of a computer.
Sometimes technical decisions are influenced by financial and business constraints. Whenever I throw away a switch or router because it is broken or too slow or doesn’t have enough ports, I feel guilty about it. Why can’t I fix it by simply swapping out the bad parts?
@@jasonluong3862 When you define it as a "LAN port" or a "WAN port", there is already a difference. Actually it is just a network port. In OpenWRT, after you installed a PCIe network adapter and configured the driver/firmware, the device will show up as a network device. After that you can assign it to the network (interface or bridge ) you want, whether it is guest network, wan network, lan network, etc. The same for Mikrotik, Ubiquiti network routers and switches, you will see the network ports naming eth0, eth1, eth2... there is no WAN and LAN, until you set it up on the OS/firmware.
- "Why can’t I fix it by simply swapping out the bad parts?" There are something you can upgrade and something you can't upgrade, or something you can upgrade but the cost is more than a new device. For example, if the RAM is faulty, you can replace with a new one. However, if the BIOS chip on the mainboard is faulty, you can buy the same part for the replacement, but you need the tool to remove it from the mainboard, install the new chip and program it.
- "I throw away a switch or router because it is too slow or doesn’t have enough ports" In this case you should take a look on "Network planning and design"
@@jasonluong3862 if i have to guess about the dedicated LAN/WAN ports, what comes to my mind immediately is most products are most likely aimed at general consumers who aren't ready to fiddle with more complex or business grade software/os such as pfSense or OpenWRT etc. products such as our internet modems basic router and switches they often even color those WAN port yellow to make it even more obvious for plug and play purposes, u know to make a product that even our grandmas can have a good chance to make it work. and the reason for such dedicated soldered on hardware is to reduce cost and possible provide some more processing power or energy consumption efficiency. sure we can do what u described already, modularized computer parts and ports (e.g. PCI-E/USB network port devices to customized it anyway we want). i already run a dedicated PC/OS software based network operation system and i can do exactly what u have in mind with 10x or 100x more processing power e.g. i can even throw 16 cores on the software router and even 64gb of ddr4 RAM but at the same time it draws probably like 40-80 watts which at the same time. it is probably using 5 to 10 times more energy. which i also dont think most ordinary users is not up for something like this
Great content, thank you for this detailed review.
The XGS1250-12 looks liek a very good choice for small home networks.
However the power consumtpion sadly is quite high, at least from a german perspective.
Electricity is insanely expensive here, my NAS runs 24/7 and although it barely consumes more than 18 Watts an hour, I constantly think about electricity costs....
I would love to have my own home lab with a server and a powerful nas with 3,5 hdds (i am using 2,5 hdds for now, as they consume less power) but with this prices here, it will remain a dream....
Thank you for the comment. I don't think 10 - 12W of power consumption is high. Here in my country, most of the devices provided by the Internet Service Provider (ONT, access point) come with a 12V/1A adapter. I have checked that it consumes around 5 - 6 W during idle. Therefore, a switch capable of handling 96 Gbps throughput, with a 10G SFP+ port and 3 x 1/2.5/5/10G RJ45 ports with just 12W of power consumption is a good choice for me.
@@VanTechCorner Yeah in other countries the electriity costs are reasonably low compared to Germany. I agree with you, that 8-10W is in general not that much, it is indeed a german problem. Our politics here are absolutely incompetent that is why prices for power are surging.
in static LAG.If enable LAG4 can switch being use two port 9 and 10 for LAG to NAS and port 11 for computer(no LAG)?
Unfortunately no, since port 9 10 11 are assigned to the same LAG. Perhaps you can use a SFP+ to RJ45 adapter and connect port 12 to the PC.
@@VanTechCorner thanks for reply.