Comments on: XikeStor SKS8300-8X Review a Sub $90 8-port Managed 10G Switch

By: Laikulo

Laikulo — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 01:24:24 +0000

Just got one of these in today, it’s go the same ‘nos’ cli that Planet stuff has, and is somewhat cisco-like, but lacks interface-range bulk commands, which is a little annoying.

Like old cisco stuff, password encryption is disabled by default, but once enabled, it converts all plaintext passwords in config, and the UI starts showing asterisks.

You can also disable the web UI entirely with no ip http server, the same for the out of box telnet.

SSH is enabled with ssh-server enable, and keys are gen’d with ssh-server host-key create rsa modulus 2048.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 20:41:53 +0000

Couldn’t there be a procedure to evaluate unknown USB devices if you’re paranoid? Like, plug them into an old Linux laptop that isn’t connected to your network, and observe what pops up through lsusb and dmesg. In this case, you’d expect a serial device to pop up. Linux tends to have drivers for those (FTDI, etc). If it presents itself as a storage device, or anything else unexpected, you might think twice about using it.

I’d be curious to know what other warning signs there might be.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 08:11:09 +0000

Really surprised that none of its L3 capabilities was looked into. Half of the review seems to be around the fact that they shipped a serial to USB adapter and that the password was admin.

Having a 10G switch that can do BGP and OSPF for 80 USD.. what

By: Arneby

Arneby — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 20:02:31 +0000

Please try to find and test a 10GbE switch with ethernet ports. Anywhere from 5 to 16 ports is good and no mgmt is ok. This one is not cheap (when fully populated), the PSU seems a bit weak for a full load and I’m not to keen on cheap end mgmt (security). Thank you!

By: Slash/

Slash/ — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 20:22:36 +0000

Hey @AdamTheItGuy, what exactly is “using the web guitar”?

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:38:48 +0000

I have two of these that I have setup now, 1 for myself as a kind of home core switch and one for a friend. They are great little switches and with the new firmware can easily be configured for secure management with encrypted passwords. They run cool and sip power compared to my previous Brocade ICX, no problem to have all ports populated even with two 10Gb-T adaptors in there. Not tried the command line yet but guess it’s nice as an alternative. I was initially weary of security being a cheap chinese box but i monitored it for a week in a sandboxed environment then in a DMZ and saw nothing untoward. Alex