help choosing best switch for home

[SidHarberbridge]

Hi, I could use some help trying to find the correct forum here.

Trying to find a home switch with 16 ports, PoE+, and lowest possible energy consumption.

Needs to be managed via Utility or Web interface, allowing config of basic settings, such as VLAN, QoS and a few L2 features like LAG, IGMP Snooping and Port Mirroring.

Does not need to be managed by Telnet, SSH or SNMP. Nor does it need any L2 or L3 management.

The Tp-Link Easy Smart range seems ideal, e.g. TL-SG1218MPE but I'd prefer to use Netgear if possible.

GS724TPv3 looks interesting (except that it's 24 instead of 16 port), and I can't find a way to find out if it's 'green ethernet' credentials are as good as the Tp link or others.

I've tried calling Netgear sales support but kept getting pushed to wrong team.

Any help appreciated.

[schumaku]

Whatever green Ethernet credentials are.

Talking about Energy Efficient Ethernet probably? In the standardization, this has the designation IEEE 802.3az, and is.in place since the year 2010.

[SidHarberbridge]

It would seem 'Green Ethernet' is a marketing term worthy of condescension by some. But yes, EEE.

Perhaps I should rephrase the question:

Does Netgear make a home switch with 16 ports, PoE+, and lower energy consumption than competitors (e.g. Tp-Link Easy Smart TL-SG1218MPE)?

I really need to speak to Netgear sales but they're impossible to reach.

I'm using the Netgear AV range at work but don't need that level of sophistication for home switch. Help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[schumaku]

16 fully useable PoE+ ports does translate to 16 times 30 W == max. 480 W PSE, 30 W at the power source equipment (PSE), plus what the pure switch core does pull, plus what the SFP or SFP+ modules require ... with some 500 W you should come handy and the full power budget available.

Not sure what you expect from Netgear sales - a 0.5 KW switch operating on peanuts? Nothing "green" here in reality.

As you insist on 16 ports, the selection is limited to unmanaged PoE+ models only.

Power usage is not related to any "green" magic, much more it depends on the PoE+ power the switches can supply overall.

https://www.netgear.com/business/solutions/poe/devices/ does show at least four different (tough very similar) 16 port GbE unmanaged switches 

Lifetime Warranty, plus lifetime online support and lifetime Next Business Day (NBD) replacement.

• GS116LP (total 76 W power budget for all PoE/PoE+ power delivery ports)
• GS116PP (total 183 W power budget for all PoE/PoE+ power delivery ports)

https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/GS108PP/GS108LP_GS108PP_GS116LP_GS116PP_DS.pdf 

3 Year Warranty (excluding for China), 2 years on the power supply

• GS316P (total 115 W power budget for all PoE power delivery ports)
• GS316PP (total 183 W power budget for all PoE/PoE+ power delivery ports)

https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/GS108PP/GS108LP_GS108PP_GS116LP_GS116PP_DS.pdf 

For reference, here all currently available PoE switches

https://www.netgear.com/business/solutions/poe/devices/ 

[SidHarberbridge]

thanks Schumaker,

Of course the PoE+ current draw depends upon what's hooked up to it, and that applies equally to all brands. But I do like the interchangeable external power adapters on some of the Netgear products.

What makes a difference in kWh over a 5-10yr lifespan is how much the 'pure switch core' pulls. And that's proving difficult to discern. I suppose the data sheet gives 'Min power (link-down standby) (Watts)' as a useful reference point. But short of purchasing one and baking it off against a comparison unit on the bench on power meters, it's probably not possible to determine 'lowest possible energy consumption'.

PS Banging on about "green," peanuts, and magic is getting a little churlish, but I'm guessing that's your "style"? Consistent, at least. Keep it up!