Comments on: Sodola SL-SWTG3C12F 12-Port 10G Managed Switch Review

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 07:32:20 +0000

Yes, the L3 capability is all integrated into the RTL9313

By: Malvineous

Malvineous — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 05:12:09 +0000

@CTO This switch can do basic layer 3 routing at wire speed?? That’s a heck of a good deal if true, no other device in this price range can even come close to that. Most can’t even manage 1Gbps routing as it’s done in software and the CPU only has a 1Gb link to the switch chip, not that the CPU is even powerful enough to do it anyway.

By: CTO of my household

CTO of my household — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 02:53:11 +0000

That should read some CCP mothership. Also the built in power supply is quite nice. I’ve become very anti-external power supply. They just pile up.

By: CTO of my household

CTO of my household — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 02:51:04 +0000

This switch definitely supports SNMP, the overall management is a bit quirky but is low power, supports LLDP MSTP even basic routing and GVRP if you want to use it as your layer 3 router. All at wire speed. The LACP configuration is a bit “odd” but it works. I’ve had one for about a year and so far so good. My only concern is the future of firmware updates and if it’s uploading data to come CCP mothership ;)

By: Not Impressed

Not Impressed — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 02:08:25 +0000

So no SNMP support? In my book, “web managed” barely qualifies as “managed”.

And that pathetically small power supply. GEEZ. One can only imagine how noisy it’s power rails are to that single switching board. Even some of the cheepest Chinese-made PC power supplies have better filtering & even output regulation.

By: ac

ac — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 18:29:04 +0000

For comparison, Sodola’s fanless 8-port SFP+ switch (SL-SWTGW2C8F) is also web managed, but has fewer options in the UI.

Specifically: Discovery, DHCP, Routing, ACL are not present in the 8-port switch. Also, the lack of fans could be a problem if you plan on plugging in more than one or two 10GBase-T modules.