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Please see installation guide https://help.firewalla.com/hc/en-us/articles/52393670198675-Firewalla-Switch-Installation-Guide
Firewalla App 1.69.1 Will Support Both Switches
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Sorry about that. This is the first time we have ever been late for a presale. We usually ship early.
The SE build was impacted by PCB (slow delivery time)... We had to pay much extra to expedite via another vendor. As a result, we stopped all pre-sales because we have no clear idea of the final cost of any units we build.
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I would LOVE that. Could care less for PoE but won't say no. Ideally all 2.5Gbit would be great for futureproofing.
Would it have an SFP+ so we can connect to the X at 10Gbit? My current high cap switch is a TP-Link SG3428X-M2 and it needs to go away pronto. Yes, this is for my home network :)
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As I waiting for a bigger Firewalla switch, I’d picked up a used Alta labs s48. I would love something like that. Originally, I wanted a 24 port switch, but that was just enough. Having the 48 is nice. Gives me room to think of other projects and ideas.
How about a 48 port version with a mix of 1gbit and 2.5gbit for 1000 to 1100? 😀
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We need a 48 port 1 GB (or preferably 2.5GB) switch with some POE (12-24 ports) with 10G SFP uplinks (2)
24 port 10G PoE switch would be nice, but the current X has me covered at the moment for all my AP's (5) plus switch uplinnks.10G PoE is complete overkill for cameras. Most are barely using 1G and some are still 100M
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@Ali Alsaleh, Do you have a small office? I ask because the only devices I have with > 1Gb ethernet are desktops/laptops, Access Points, and NASes. I have 3 desktops, one laptop dock with 2.5gbe, 2 NASes (one is 1gbe), and 3 APs (one is 1gbe).
Everything else, most game consoles (PS5 pro is the exception with 2.5gbe), video streamers, IoT, cameras, amplifiers, etc is 1gbe (sometimes 100m, though most newer devices are 1gbe now) and the vast majority of those don't need 1gbe (a 4k/8 megapixel camera is ~20mbps, so 4-5 channels on a single 1gbe link).
Next gen Xbox and PS won't be out for 2-3 years and no clue if they'll support 2.5gbe.
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My vote would be limited power and limited ports (< 200w) PoE+ (< 30w) with 24 1gbe ports with at least 2x SFP+/10gbe for backhaul. I'd be fine without PoE, but definitely don't need 2.5gbe. My feeling is if someone needs >30w of power then push them to the Switch X (as that's usually for high end PTZ cameras or POE switches).
Personally I have a SwitchX for Desktops (3x10gbe), 2x APs (2x AP7c), a NAS, and back haul for 2 switches and a Switch SE which only has one or two 2.5gbe ports and the 1gbe or 100m. Then there's another 24p switch (PoE, but not needed) that's for mostly unused drops and devices with internet only access (sensors/3rd party monitors/weather station).
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Spinj I do run a small business for my wife out of my home and I work in the IT space so my home network has 117 devices on it. As for port speeds, I do have 4 of the Firewalla AP's, 11 security PoE cameras, All my docking stations for laptops and computers are either running 2.5 or 10 Gbe networking. My 3 NAS appliances are all running bonded 5Gbe and I'm about to upgrade them to newer 10Gbe connections. On my personal side of the network I also have 2 Xbox X's, 4 Apple TV's, 3 Gaming computers (10Gbe) and a partridge in a pear tree. I eat up about 8-10TB of data from Comcast per month.
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Spinj I work from home and have ethernet wired to all of the rooms, I also have 4 firewalla APs, TVs, a server, docking stations, some micro PCs for random tasks, etc. My goal is to have everything that is wired be 10Gb. Some folks go through their midlife crisis and buy fast cars. I mainly just get good networking equipment.
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