Ienron switches any good for managed switch?

[Maverick009]

So I saw this in a thread at another site that lead me to the Amazon page for it. I have an Ienron 4 port 2.5G + 10G SFP+ 2 Port Switch with a VLAN on/off toggle. It seems to work well and I have 1 10G port on my Intel X540-T2 card going to the switches 1 10G SFP+ port with the other 10G SFP+ port going to my gaming and NAS media Unraid server, while my main PC is connected to one of the 2.5G ports. I happen to see that they now have some managed switches and have seen reviews including from Lawrence Networks talking about these and similar devices with little to no cons. The switch below has a lot of features with a nice price to boot. Wanted to get thoughts possibly on anyone that owns some of the higher end stuff from this OEM.

Ienron

30 Port 2.5G Managed Layer 3 PoE Switch, 24 x 2.5 Gigabit Base-T Ports, 6 x 10 Gigabit SFP Switch, Ethernet Switch, Smart Switch, Flexible DHCP/VLAN/MAC/ACL/QoS/SNMP V1/V2/V3/IGMP​

Amazon.com

 

[Crimliar]

Is it easy to find the support site for the OEM? If not then it's probably just a different name on a box that's available from multiple vendors. If you think you are ever likely to need support (or even a decent manual that you can read) then you'd probably be better off going with a device from a company that can offer that support - and there is often little price difference.

 

[Maverick009]

Is it easy to find the support site for the OEM? If not then it's probably just a different name on a box that's available from multiple vendors. If you think you are ever likely to need support (or even a decent manual that you can read) then you'd probably be better off going with a device from a company that can offer that support - and there is often little price difference.

Not really looking for manual type support. More of quality or problems.

 

[Crimliar]

The problem is that if the brand is an unknown quantity, you don't know what you are buying. Agreed a "basic" network switch is something you should plug in and forget, but when you move to "smart switches", it's going to have some software component and you need to know the SFP+ ports are properly compatible.
If the difference is only a couple of dollars, I'd go with a name I know and can get support for. *I'm not being a snob, it's just personal experience with unknown brands!

 

[Maverick009]

The problem is that if the brand is an unknown quantity, you don't know what you are buying. Agreed a "basic" network switch is something you should plug in and forget, but when you move to "smart switches", it's going to have some software component and you need to know the SFP+ ports are properly compatible.
If the difference is only a couple of dollars, I'd go with a name I know and can get support for. *I'm not being a snob, it's just personal experience with unknown brands!

Just because the brand is unknown, doesn't always mean it is not quality. This is also a home network and not exactly a problem. Looking to expand and play around with a low entry point is all. I was just wondering if anyone had experience with it to know how well it performs or how good the firmware may be. Some of these switches can also support 3rd party firmware so I was just getting ideas first if possible.

 

[ralioc]

Hi, I just want to add that I bought this 30 port switch about a week ago, It arrived in two days. I've had it now for about 4-5 days. I would NOT recommend it. I've been battling getting responses from the seller on Amazon. I'm getting blanket statement responses. It's been an absolute nightmare. This switch acts as if it's unmanaged. It works as an extension if I plug it into an existing setup. I just can't get this unit to do all the assignments by using it as the primary input source.

The switch ONLY works when I manually program IPs by going into the settings of each individual computer or device I want to use. The DHCP does not function properly. There is no DHCP server that will issue IP addresses. After back and forth with the seller, they claim it's a "basic" layer 3 switch and not a regular one. They are saying this switch is not designed for such services such as the DHCP server. The section is in the control panel, but NOTHING in there lets you even attempt to set up DHCP serving. It all makes no sense.

This is the direct final reply I received from the IENRON seller:

"The managed switch you purchased is a light Layer 3 switch, not a full Layer 3 switch. It only supports the RIP and OSPF routing protocols and does not have the capability to assign IP addresses. There is also no immediate need to update its firmware.You can try configuring our switch as a terminal to obtain an IP address from the server, in the same subnet as the computers. This way, when managing our switch, you won't need to change the IP addresses of the computers.If you are highly proficient in the operation of managed routers, you can attempt to set up DHCP yourself. Our switch supports DHCP configuration, and there are detailed setup instructions in the user manual.

correct: If you are highly proficient in the operation of managed switches, you can try setting up DHCP yourself. Our switch supports DHCP configuration, and there are detailed setup instructions provided in the user manual. Additionally, if you are familiar with setting up DHCP, IP addresses can be assigned by our switch; however, it is generally recommended to obtain them from the server."