The manufacturer QNAP has launched a really interesting new family of switches for home and small office environments, where we need the maximum possible performance of wired equipment, but without the need for advanced management options through firmware. The new switches are from the QNAP QSW-2104 family, and consist of two models, the QNAP QSW-2104-2S and the QNAP QSW-2104-2T, both devices have 10G and 2.5G Multigigabit ports, so they are ideal for home environments where we want to have a really high data transfer. Do you want to know all the details of these new switches?
Main features
This new family of switches is made up of the QNAP QSW-2104-2T and the QNAP QSW-2104-2S, both have similar technical characteristics, but have a fundamental difference: 10GBASE-T Multigigabit ports or 10Gbps SFP + ports.
The QNAP QSW-2104-2T model has two 10GBASE-T Multigigabit ports , this means that we can synchronize at speeds of 10G / 5G, 2.5G / 1G and also at 100Mbps, these two ports are ideal for connecting a router such as the QNAP QHora -301W that has 10G ports in the LAN, in this way, we can have a trunk network at a really fast speed. The other 10G port could be used to connect a high-performance NAS server that has this type of connectivity, in this way, we can transfer data at a real speed of 1.2GB / s as long as the hardware of the NAS and the PCs can withstand these high speeds. The rest of the ports of this unmanageable switch are four 2.5G Multigigabit ports , this means that we can connect different equipment via cable at more than twice the speed of “normal” in Gigabit Ethernet networks.
The QNAP QSW-2104-2S model has two 10G SFP + ports , this means that we can connect a NAS server or a PC with a DAC cable, or directly buy SFP + transceivers and fiber optics to interconnect the equipment. For example, we could use a 10GBASE-T SFP + adapter to make use of the QNAP QHora-301W router that has 10G ports, or interconnect several equal switches to have a backbone network at 10Gbps speed. Currently the manufacturer QNAP has several NAS servers that have a 10G SFP + port by default, therefore, we can use DAC cables for interconnection. The rest of the ports of this unmanageable switch are four 2.5G Multigigabit ports , this means that we can connect different equipment via normal Ethernet network cable at a really fast speed.
This switch model has a completely Plug & Play installation , we must remember that this model is not manageable, it is aimed at a domestic environment or a small and medium office where we want to have the maximum possible speed, but where we will not need any management option. Another very important feature is that it is fanless, this means that it will not generate any noise from the fan, the cooling is completely passive, something ideal in domestic environments. It also incorporates the IEEE 802.3az standard for energy saving, and even has a system for detecting and blocking ports if a loop is detected, but it does not have the possibility of configuring Spanning-Tree or similar protocols.
Without a doubt, the highlight of this unmanageable switch is its compact design, introducing 10G connectivity in both copper (10BASE-T Multigigabit) and fiber (SFP +), in addition to the corresponding 2.5G Multigigabit ports where we will connect different devices. wired. In addition, since it does not have a management firmware, the installation and start-up is Plug & Play, ideal for domestic environments.
