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Netgear makes it almost impossible to find the right switch
I'm an IT pro running a home network/home lab. GB networking throughout.
2 servers with 4 port nics and a ReadyNAS 314 with 2 ports.
R8000 Nighthawk router for wireless and internet access.
I'm currently runnng unmanaged 1GB netgear switches.
Desired end result: LAG/LACP for both servers and the NAS.
I only need 16 ports max.
I'm trying to find the least expensive, most stable, good performance Netgear switch that will allow at least up to 4 LACP/LAG setups.
I don't care if it's rack mounted or not, prefer Fan cooled as my lab and gear stay on 24x7.
The confusion comes in because many models support LACP but only if you have x number of ports. The versions with a lower number of ports apparently don't support LACP per the manuals.
Thanks in advance.
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Impossible shouldn't be NETGEAR as we always strived to simplify our customers' user experience! Let me help you:
Smart Managed Pro Switches and Fully Managed Switches all support LACP, generally up to 8 ports per LAG and without limitation on the number of LAGs per switch. Newly introduced Insight Smart Managed Cloud Switches also offer LACP.
Based on your requirements, I advise our excellent GS716Tv3 Smart Managed Pro Switch: https://www.netgear.com/business/products/switches/smart/GS716Tv3.aspx#tab-techspecs
All ports can be in Link Aggregation Groups (LAG) with LACP enabled, up to 8 ports per LAGs. 16 ports total, rackmountable. This switch is fanless but was designed for 24h operation in a rack, its components were selected for high reliability and high stability with passive cooling only.
If you make active cooling (fans) a strong requirement, then I will advise our higher end M4100-26G (GSM7224-200NAS) which is a 24-port Fully Managed switch: https://www.netgear.com/business/products/switches/managed/M4100-26G.aspx#tab-techspecs
I hope this helps, please let us know about your installation. Don't forget to tune your servers and ReadyNAS LAGs LACP hashing algorithm in relation to your switch LAG LACP: MAC based for instance with GS716Tv3, or your selection amongst 7 different L2/L3/L4 hashing methods with M4100-26G.
Regards, When talking of the Gigabit Smart Managed Plus Switch Series (as of writing) only the "big" GS750E does support LACP (and also static) LAG (8 LAGs with max 8 members in each LAG), the smaller units don't, indeed.
When looking into the Standalone Smart Managed Pro Switch Series all models come with LACP LAG support.
There are various differences between the Plus and the Pro switches - depends what you expect beyond of the LACP support.
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