EnGenius Reveals ‘Affordable’ Multi-Gig Switches with PoE: 8 2.5GBASE-T and 4 10GbE SFP+ Ports
by Anton Shilov on January 30, 2020 2:00 PM EST- Posted in
- Networking
- Qualcomm
- 10GBase-T
- NBASE-T
- 2.5GBase-T
- EnGenius
EnGenius has unveiled a new series multi-gigabit PoE++ L2+ networking switches with multiple NBASE-T ports. The EnGenius ECS2512FP and ECS2512 switches are designed for small and medium businesses as well as large living environments, and along with their fast switching capabiltiies, one of the models is also capable of Power over Ethernet to deliver power to remote, high-performance devices like Wi-Fi 6 access points. Both models can be managed remotely using EnGenius cloud-based software. The manufacturer is calling its new switches ‘affordable’, though without listing official prices.
Both new switches from EnGenius — the ECS2512FP and the ECS2512 — support 120 Gbps of switching capacity and are fed via eight 2.5GBASE-T ports along with four 10GbE SFP+ slots for fiber uplinks. Meanwhile, the more advanced ECS2512FP model supports the IEEE 802.3bt Power-over-Ethernet, allowing it to transfer up to 240 W of power to such power-hungry devices as Wi-Fi 6 access points, PTZ cameras, or AV controllers.
One of the key features of the latest EnGenius switches is their support for the company’s subscription-free EnGenius Cloud that allows to monitor system metrics in real time, display network topology, troubleshoot, problems, and analyze network’s behavior. According to the company, its switches and cloud services provide ‘enterprise-class features’ and essentially simplify monitoring of networks. While such capabilities bring a lot of value for companies, they come at a cost that typically makes these kinds of multi-gig switches prohibitively expensive for consumers.
EnGenius says that its ECS2512FP and ECS2512 switches will hit the market next month and that they will be ‘affordable’. Unfortunately, without an actual price it is impossible to say whether the switches will be reasonably priced for an average person, or for a business that wants to save on multi-gig network management.
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Source: EnGenius
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name99 - Thursday, January 30, 2020 - link
Please give us- 12 ports
- PoE
- SFP
said NO small office/home buyers EVER.
Valantar - Thursday, January 30, 2020 - link
Agreed. Lop off the SFP+ ports and ditch the PoE and management functionality and this would be interesting, even if I would really want a couple of those remaining ports to be 10GbE then.jeremyshaw - Thursday, January 30, 2020 - link
?? PoE is only on one of the two models.Beany2013 - Thursday, January 30, 2020 - link
Having worked for many SMBs and done AV installs, you'd be surprised how often something that isn't rackmountable (because not many SMBs have 19" racks....), and has less than 24 ports, but has a decent amount of throughput is actually useful.But then, I only spent 5 years working as lead tech for an MSP, what would I know?
Valantar - Thursday, January 30, 2020 - link
SMB≠ SOHOGigaplex - Thursday, January 30, 2020 - link
So? Just because SOHO doesn't want this, doesn't mean SMB doesn't want this. The article made no reference to SOHO.Valantar - Thursday, January 30, 2020 - link
... You were responding to a comment that specifically talked about SOHO customers.zdz - Thursday, January 30, 2020 - link
Why? Where I live (central Europe), new residential buildings are mandated to be fiber-wired (FTTH). Partly thanks to that law, every ISP offers fiber connection, almost always ending with a GPON transceiver. And GPON is just a SFP+ module… throw in some vlans (for routing/firewalling) and you have perfect device to connect your soho to the internet.MilitaryNerd - Thursday, January 30, 2020 - link
I'm sorry, have you met literally anyone that buys Ubiquiti gear? I might get one of each of these 😂Samus - Sunday, February 2, 2020 - link
Ubiquiti is the shit. I outfit offices and warehouses with their equipment daily.