On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 10:10 AM, WebDawg <webd...@gmail.com> wrote: > Before anyone goes out and purchases one of the GS switches from netgear > please look at these posts: > > http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/77 > > http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/25 > > I was also very interested in those switches for the very same reason that > Frans is. Honestly, if you are looking for an inexpensive gigabit switch > with VLAN capability you want something used... > > For instance the Dell Powerconnect 5324 can be had on the US ebay for > something like $55.00. This is a 24 The only effort you should do is to > reflash any switch you purchase with the latest firmware. Which is why I > avoid some Cisco products because some of the firmware is paywalled. > > The eight port variant is a Dell PowerConnect 2808. Just because it is > half the size does not mean it is half the price but looking right now on > ebay they are around $55. > > I have used both of these switches. The only limitation I could find on > the 2808 is that you cannot change what VLAN the web interface is on, I > ended up solving that with a short cable from port to port on the same > switch one port the default vlan in Access and with the VLAN that I wanted > it on in Access. > > I do not know if v3 has the same vulnerabilities that are talked about in > the links that I provided. They look like serious issues that have not > been fixed yet. > > On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 5:47 AM, Philipp Tölke <pt+pfse...@fos4x.de> wrote: > > > A Netgear Prosafe GS-108E (or 105E) is reasonably cheap (~$50) and > > manageable; try to get the version 3, it has a web-interface. Version 2 > is > > only configurable using a Windows-Software. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: List [mailto:list-boun...@lists.pfsense.org] On Behalf Of Frans > > > Meulenbroeks > > > Sent: 3 May, 2016 10:39 > > > To: list@lists.pfsense.org > > > Subject: Re: [pfSense] USB3 to ethernet adaptor > > > > > > Thanks for all the replies on the USB adapter > > > > > > I know VLAN's would work but unfortunately my switches are unmanaged > > > (this > > > is a home setup). > > > > > > Reason for asking is that I want to install on an Intel NUC. This one > > > only > > > has one physical network interface. I'm running vmware esx on it and > > > on top > > > of that a VM with pfsense with two virtual NIC's, one for WAN, one > > > for LAN. > > > > > > This works, I can bridge the cable modem to the WAN interface. > > > However the > > > LAN then is on the same physical interface. I would prefer to split > > > that, > > > hence my question. > > > > > > (or of course I could use other hardware than this NUC; I'm open to > > > suggestions as long as they are affordable for a home user and low > > > power). > > > > > > Best regards, Frans >
Echoing what others have said, most of the USB network cards I have used have not been so reliable. As far as cheap managed switches go, even disregarding the security issues of the Netgear GS switches, I highly recommend buying used Dell managed switches on eBay over the Netgear ones. I have two of the Netgear switches that have been a problem for me constantly, and two used Dell switches that have been great. Like WebDawg, I have had a lot of good experiences with buying Dell 28xx switches on eBay. Note that you will probably also find a lot of 27xx switches on eBay. While those are also gigabit (unlike the 26xx and older, which only have 2-4 gigabit ports), if I remember correctly, they use an older web interface that chokes in modern browsers. (I don't have one in front of me right now to double-check that assertion, so I could be mis-remembering.) While the 28xx interface looks very similar, it seems to work much better. Moshe -- Moshe Katz -- mo...@ymkatz.net -- +1(301)867-3732 _______________________________________________ pfSense mailing list https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold
