Inexpensive Budget Switch: TP Link TL-SG108E HW Rev. 3.0 With VLANS & pfsense Review

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[ronaldbarr]

The money shot!! 16 minute mark

As a holder of an expired CCNP I credit you for reorienting my understanding about Tag vs Untag. My assumptions were the reverse
After hours of frustration as to why I was not receiving an IP address from my firewall through my Netgear mini switch - and watching multiple videos :

YOU were the only presenter to “nail it”

Tag ports forward trunked VLAN tags between switches.

Untag ports - are Members of the VLAN but strip the tag off because, IE: most people do not set the VLAN ID on their Windows NIC, so the tag would prohibit connectivity.

You should do a new video specifically hammering home this point.

Because Multi-Vendor VLAN trunking is a humbling experience

Thank you sir!!

[GiorgioAresu]

Thanks for these guides/tutorials/reviews that do not stop at showing the product but actually show the configuration and how to do stuff with pfsense :)

[SpazHeadSlotVideos]

Thanks Lawrence for posting these videos, this one help me understand VLAN's, and tagged and untagged. Now I have my WIFI on a different VLAN and my Security system on another VLAN.

[arXiv]

White glove service, my favorite. Thanks for the break down, I was looking at this device.

[aguyandhiscomputer]

Love how you open the cases. Something I never do but should try sometime.

[pygmaelion]

In the past 5 years, nobody has made as comprehensive a video to describe the interconnection between these two exact devices.
At least I know that I'm doing the same things someone else did, even if they aren't working.
Cheers!

[jamesmaine]

Love your videos..New to VLANS and your videos give me ahead start...Was able to get my SSID's on different VLANS :)

[tobiasputmanphotography]

I have an 8 port PoE (TL-SG2210P) in my homelab for AP's and VoIP phone and for that it's excellent. It's a little higher end than that one I believe, really like it for home use. Would not put in in a corporate network. Liked the review! Nice overview and very complete. 10/10 for shiny box!

[wilikikilika]

Thanks for an easy to watch quick review, just what I was looking for, a managed switch to play with VLANs at home.

[Appelible]

You are the best. I've been struggling to set VLANs up for my home network, and you explained it so clear.

"Tagged ports are for smart devices, untagged are for dumb devices"

What a genius!

[genxguy]

Great video! Really liked your description of tags vs untangled...network engineer myself but its been 15 or so years so I have forgotten a few things :)

[DGTubbs]

Thank you very much! This was succinct and comprehensive. It was also relevant easy to understand. I have Network Chuck, but I've also been looking to add some other quality channels who discuss networking. I look forward to more videos from you.

[dkode]

Thank you for the clear example with hardware. This is the first video where I had an ah-hah moment with us tagged/tagged options as I have this switch and was going to start to configure for vlan traffic

[wiebowesterhof]

Thanks for the review. It is a very basic looking, but reliable, low power use, bit of gear. I've used it mainly in bedrooms where I just wanted to run a single connection up to the main stack, but have a few drops in a bedroom, one for IOT like a FireTV, another for connecting a printer, another for laptop or other networked stuff. In LATAM, this model plus the unmanaged 24 port GBit switches are pretty popular, with DLink often used for managed switches at 3x the cost. Not ever had a problem, and the firmware has received updates over time. I agree with you that I probably wouldn't put this into a massive network, but for a smaller setup, these things would do the job. As they have no fans and are fairly temperature-robust, they are probably ideal for a small install that needs a VOIP and non-VOIP VLAN, perhaps a wifi for guests. I still have to set up my VLANs at home to do the IOT VLAN with the EdgeRouter Pro I have, but I need to plan that out beforehand. Appreciate you guys making videos and sharing your knowledge.

[jeffcloninger]

No kidding 2 weeks ago I set up my first home pfSense box with this switch and my first unifi ap's. You're running about a week behind when i need you lately! Thanks much though, love the videos.

[SubliminalChaos]

Thank you for the video! You give very good instructions and are easy to understand. I have brain damage and brain cancer and could follow your instructions perfectly. Again, thank you!

[hottroddinn]

Many, many great videos, Lawrence. I think the last combination video to do is have this switch work ESXi where the VLANs are configured on the switch and the firewall is giving out IPs from the DHCP server running on it and the VMs getting them. That's going to be the ultimate video **chef's kiss**

[bodstrup]

Tom that ‘odd’ cable test says ‘cable fault’. It is there to tell you the distance to a cable fault = broken cable. Gives you an indication on where to examine your walls/cable trays if you loose connection. Like when someone two rooms away decided to drill a whole right where there is a hidden cable channel. behind the plaster wall.

[donireland]

Thanks for this video. I have the 5 port version and was having an impossible time getting it set up to use VLANs. I was even working with their tech support and they weren't able to communicate how to get it working. Followed your video and had it working in 5 minutes.

[alphabanks]

Great video I have been using one of these for a while now so far so good. They also make a poe version that I plan on buying.