REVIEW – Ever since I received my first EnGenius network switch, I have become a fan not only because their equipment works very well, and is reliable but also because they continue to support their equipment with frequent updates and because their support crew promptly responds to any inquiries or comments and addresses them professionally and effectively. While my network is for a home and home studio/office, I have a family of “heavy” users and over 120 devices (wired and wireless) on my network. As a gadgeteer, I test a lot of equipment and both my wife and I are social media content creators for different niches and various platforms, so a robust network works very well for us. Getting my hands on enterprise-based network equipment means that while I cannot and do not take advantage of the equipment’s full potential, I benefit from having everything I need handled very well. Now let’s keep going and add this EnGenius – ECS1528P Cloud Managed 24-Port Gigabit PoE+ Switch with 4 SFP+ Ports to my network.
What is it?
The EnGenius – ECS1528P – Cloud Managed 24-Port Gigabit PoE+ Switch with 4 SFP+ Ports – 24 Ports is a manageable 3-Layer Supported modular switch featuring a 240 W POE Budget. Enterprise-class features optimize network efficiency, ensuring peak performance for SMBs.
What’s in the box?
- 1 x EnGenius – ECS1528P Cloud Managed 24-Port Gigabit PoE+ Switch with 4 SFP+ Ports
- 1 x AC Power Cable
- 1 x VGA Console Cable
- 1 x Rack Mount Kit
- 1 x User Manual
Hardware specs
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- Port Standards: 802.3 10Base-T Ethernet; 802.3u 100Base-TX Ethernet; 802.3ab 1000Base-T Ethernet; 802.3x Full-Duplex Flow Control
- Network Ports: 24 10/100/1000 Mbps Ports + 4x SFP+ Ports
- Switching Capacity: 128Gbps
- SDRAM: 512MB
- Flash Memory: 128MB
- PoE+ Capable Ports: 1-24
- Total PoE Budget: 240W
- Power Source: 100 ~ 240VAC, 50-60Hz
- LED Indicators: Power LED; Fault LED; POE Max LED: LAN Mode LED: POE Mode LEDPorts: Link/Activity/Speed (per Ethernet port)
- Software Features (L3 Features):
- Multiple IP Interface: 20 IPv6 address
- ARP Table: Max. 192 ARP entries
- Static ARP: Static 192 ARP entries
- IPv4 Static Route: Max. 63 entries
- IPv6 Static Route: Max. 21 entries
- Software Features (L2 Features):
- MAC Address Table: 16K
- Jumbo Frame: 10K
- Multicast Group: Max 256 groups
- MLD Snooping: v1
- QoS-Number of Priority Queues Supported: Queue 8
- Trust Mode: Cos/802.1p
- DSCP: CoS/802.1p-DSCP
- Scheduling Mechanism: Strict / WRR/ Strict + WRR
- Bandwidth Control: Port-based bandwidth control (Ingress/Egress)
- Port Security: Max. 256 Entries
- Access Control List (ACL): MAC Based ACL; IPv4/IPv6 Based ACL; ACL Binding; Time base ACL
- Web Graphical User Interface(GUI)
HTTP IPv4 / IPv6
HTTPS IPv4 / IPv6SSL Certificate
Certificate/Key ImportSNMP
SNMP v1/v2c/v3 SupportRMON
RMON 1,2,3,9System Time
Time Setting/Daylight saving - Common L2 Features:
- 802.1d Spanning tree
- Loopback Detection
- Multicast Filtering
- IGMP Multicast Forwarding
- IGMP Snooping
- MLD Multicast Forwarding
- 802.1Q VLAN tagging
- 802.3x flow control
- 802.3ad Link Aggregation
- IPv4 DHCP Relay
- IPv4 DHCP Snooping
- IPv4 DHCP Snooping Source MAC Address Check-up
- ARP Inspection
- ARP Packet Validation (additional validation checks)
- Voice VLAN
- Port-based VLAN
- Protocol-Based VLAN
- CoS Mapping
- 802. 1X Radius Authentication Protocol
- IPv4 Settings
- IPv6 Settings
- IEEE 802. 3az Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE)
- Command Line Interface (CLI)
- SH Server
- Telnet Server
- TFTP Client
- Configuration Upgrade/Backup
- Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP)
- SYSLOG
- 802.1d Spanning tree
- Environmental & Physical:
- Temperature Range: Operating: 32°F to 122°F (0°C to 50°C)
- Humidity (Non-Condensing): Operating: 5% – 95%
- Weight: 6.63 Lbs. (3.01 kg)
- Width: 17.32” (440 mm)
- Depth: 10.23” (260 mm)
- Height: 1.73” (44 mm)
Design and features
- 24 10/100/1000 Base-T GbE Ports
- Full-Featured Layer 2+ Switching
- 802.3 at/af PoE+ Ready on All Ports with 240W PoE budget
- 4 10-Gigabit Dual-Speed SFP+ (fiber) uplink ports
- PoE Extended Mode – Extend PoE Ethernet cable deploying range up to 250 meters
- PD Lifeguard – Real-time detecting and auto-reboot PoE power for failed camera
- Continuous PoE Power – Steady supply of PoE power for cameras during switch upgrades
- Quick-Scan Device Register, Remote Monitoring and Troubleshooting
- Hybrid Switch Supports Multiple Management Options
The EnGenius – ECS1528P Cloud Managed 24-Port Gigabit PoE+ Switch with 4 SFP+ Ports is nicely put together in a metal case. On each of the short sides, there are vents. On the back, there is the AC plug and built-in cooling fans. All of the other controls, indicators, and ports are on the front. As seen below going from left to right, there is the Console port, the LED status indicator lights, the 24 gigabit POE ethernet ports with indicator lights, and the 2 SFP+ ports.
Performance
The EnGenius – ECS1528P Cloud Managed 24-Port Gigabit PoE+ Switch with 4 SFP+ Ports is plug and play. I mounted it into my desktop rack and connected it to another switch using an active 10GB SFP+ cable. Once it was connected, I logged into my EnGenius Cloud management dashboard and added the switch to my dashboard.
Here is a short video of my process for adding the switch to my cloud dashboard:
As you can see from the photo below, “Everything is ok”.
Here is a glimpse of some of the data the dashboard shows. There is tons more network data available for viewing and monitoring.
Another view of the dashboard where this switch is now added.
What I like
- Its operation is quiet
- The all-metal case
- The 24 ports are all POE
- The 4 SFP+ Ports
- The cloud-based management
- It is rack-mountable
What I’d change
- Nothing
Final thoughts
Like all of the other EnGenius gear that I have this EnGenius – ECS1528P Cloud Managed 24-Port Gigabit PoE+ Switch with 4 SFP+ Ports is well built, runs quiet, and is fast and reliable. Well done!!
Price: $665 – EnGenius Store; $585 – CDW; $849 – Amazon
Where to buy: Amazon, CDW, EnGenius
Source: The sample of this product was provided by EnGenius.
