Switch Test report

Annett AT-8118
Annett AT-8118 is a silver-gray 16-port ethernet switch with a simple shape and wide front panel. It also provides a reset button to enable hot restart of the switch.
There are 2 expansion slots on the left side of the AT-8118 front panel, which can be plugged into the 100Base-FX Optical Fiber expansion module, with certain expansion capabilities and support for hot swapping; no collision lights and full/Half Duplex status lights; the Console port is located on the front panel, which is easy to configure. There is a heat dissipation window on both the left and right sides of the body and on the rear panel, ensuring good ventilation.
AT-8118 supports bridging and Spanning Tree Protocols and port-based VLANs. You can also filter addresses in configurable static address tables, however, streaming control, multicast, and priority control functions are missing.
In terms of performance, AT-8118 does not reach the line rate within the length of 100 M 64-byte frames, but the line rate is 98.25%, and the delay performance is excellent, not only the numerical value is extremely low, but also the uniformity is good, almost no fluctuations. The address table is designed to be of a moderate size of 16 KB, which is more than enough for general application environments.
Annett AT-8118 has the features of a standard manageable switch and is suitable for use in small and medium network environments that require certain scalability.

Intel Express 530 TB
Intel's Express 530T in this test is a fast Ethernet switch with 22 ports stacked, with a maximum of four stacked units and a stack module slot on the rear panel of the body, the module has three stacked ports connected to the Intel Express 535T switch through a special stacked cable. The 530T acts as the stack control switch, it can ensure that the connection speed between the stacked switch ports reaches the connection speed between the ports of the same switch. At the same time, another advantage of the stack function is that ports can be managed in a unified manner like inside a switch.
Express 530T provides a gigabit uplink port module slot that can be inserted with 2-port 1000Base-SX, 1000Base-LX, or 100/1000 Base-T modules. It can be flexibly expanded.
Express 530T supports broadcast reduction, port trunk, and Spanning Tree Protocols. It also provides a wide range of filtering features and supports Priority Control Based on ports and 802.1p standards. Express 530T supports a large number of VLANs, reaching 2047, and the address table depth is 6 kb, which can fully meet the environment requirements of medium-sized networks.
Express 530T is one of the most abundant management functions of the switches in this test. Its Own Device View management software is a Device management program that complies with the SNMP standard, at the same time, it can also manage other network products of Intel to facilitate unified management of the network, and upgrade the switch software version through the Console port and TFTP.
The Express 530T manual is complete in English, but it also provides a quick user manual for the Chinese version, which is of great help to new users who are new to the product for the first time.
The throughput performance of Express 530T in 64 bytes is not ideal. In other cases, it approaches or completely reaches the line speed. The overall performance is good, and the storage and forwarding latency of MB is not stable, it is a well-defined network-tube switch product.

Kictron VH-2402S
Kictron VH-2402S is a black 24-port stackable Ethernet switch with 2 fiber module expansion slots and can provide a wide range of expansion modules, both M and M connections are well supported, and the scalability is very strong. VH-2402S also has a dedicated serial port management module to complete network management functions such as SNMP, And on the front panel with eye-catching status indication, expansion module working status at a glance.
The stack capability of the VH-2402S is the strongest of the switches in this test. In a stack cluster, it can accommodate up to 7 switches, providing 4 GB full duplex stack bandwidth, it is suitable for Medium-and heavy-load network environments that require centralized management or strict communication bandwidth assurance.
VH-2402S functions are complete, also support 802.1Q standard VLAN, but the number of VLAN support is only 256, not very large. The throughput of VH-2402S in the long frame of 100 M 64 bytes is not reach the line speed, but the packet loss rate is less than 100% at the packet sending rate of 2%, the packet loss rate is only 90% at the packet sending rate of 0.02%, the performance is good in other cases; the latency of 10 m is not ideal. The depth of the MAC address table is large, reaching 24 K, which can meet the demanding requirements of large and medium-sized network environments.
VH-2402S switch management methods are diverse, both through the standard Web interface can also choose kaichuang built-in management software for the switch management. VH-2402S has a good management function is to support multi-to-many port mirroring, both can set a single-to-multi-port image, you can also specify multiple sets of images, this is useful when using analyzer and other monitoring devices to monitor network traffic.
On the whole, the multi-extension module support and powerful stack capability of kichuang VH-2402S make it good to adapt, and the redundant power interface enhances the stability and reliability of the system work, it is suitable for large and medium-sized network environments with balanced traffic.

TCL S4226MF
TCL S4226MF is a 24-port management type stack-able Fast Ethernet switch product with black body. The 24 RJ-45 ports are lined up in two groups, each with two layers, with a response status indicator in the middle of the front panel showing its working status. The fan at the side of S4226MF has a large air volume and the heat dissipation window on the other side is large, which ensures that S4226MF can smoothly dissipate heat and work stably.
Three expansion slots are provided at the rear of S4226MF. One is used to connect to the SNMP/RMON network management module, and the other two are available with Stack modules or uplink Optical Fiber modules, the optional uplink modules include the 100Base-FX and 1000Base-SX/LX modules with 2 ports, which are very rich.
The stack module of S4226MF includes two ports: "UP" and "DOWN, during stacking, the stacked cables of the above switch need to be connected from the "DOWN" port to the "UP" Port of the following switch. Therefore, a maximum of four switches can be stacked. On the right side of the S4226MF front panel, there is also a luminous digital tube used to display the ID number of the switch in the stacked array, which is very convenient for management and monitoring.
TCL S4226MF supports the standard 802.1Q VLAN protocol. The maximum number of VLANs is 256. It also supports cross-switch VLANs.
The S4226MF does not reach the line rate within the length of 100 M 64-byte frames, and the complete line rate is achieved in other cases. The overall performance is good. Latency of M is better, but performance of 10 m is inferior. The MAC Address Table depth measured by S4226MF reaches 29 KB, indicating that it can be used in medium and large network environments. S4226MF does not have line-End Blocking, and in various cases, the maximum forwarding rate of non-blocking ports reaches 50%.
S4226MF has rich management features and comprehensive management methods. Both SNMP/RMON management, port image, console statistics management, and secure access control are complete. S4226MF also has a DC redundant power supply interface, further enhancing the reliability of the system.

ZTE ZXB10-S300
ZTE's ZXB10-S300 is a gray-white switch. From the appearance, it seems a little "different", the network port and indicator of the general switch products are located on the front panel, and all the Network Ports of ZTE ZXB10-S300 are located in the rear panel, only the working status indicator is on the front panel, and ZTE's brand as a traditional telecom manufacturer is completely invisible. In addition, the product description can be divided into operation manuals and technical manuals. The content is also in the middle of the rules and is very rigorous.
The Design of ZTE ZXB10-S300 switch is extremely unique, expansion slots can be inserted into two 1000Base-SX/LX Optical Fiber modules or a 155 m atm optical port and a Gigabit Optical Fiber Module. ZXB10-S300 for heat dissipation considerations very comprehensive, one side of the body has 3 exhaust fans, the other side is a large area of heat dissipation window, to ensure the full heat dissipation.
ZTE ZXB10-S300 has strong management functions, filtering, broadcasting reduction, port trunk, spanning tree and priority control features. However, ZTE ZXB10-S300 does not support Flow Control in half duplex mode, so it is limited to work with some older network devices that only support half duplex mode or in some special situations. However, the VLAN capability of the ZXB10-S300 is the strongest switch in this test. The maximum number of VLANs supported by a single switch is 4096, which may be related to the design idea, because there are many devices in the telecom environment, it is necessary to support large VLANs.
Under the condition of 64-byte frame length, the steady-state throughput of the ZXB10-S300 is less than the line speed. In other cases, the line speed is basically reached, and the delay is less than M. However, it is worth noting that the ZXB10-S300 In the backplane conditions, whether the throughput or delay value is not stable, the value is not ideal, indicating that there is still a place to be improved in the design.
ZXB10-S300 supports Console port and Web-based management, but does not support SNMP and RMON, through the Console statistics through the various data frames of the switch, security control methods are also perfect.

Great Wall GES-3517M
GES-3517M is a dark green 16-port unmanaged switch, and there is a 16th M RJ-45 with port 100 sharing the maximum connection distance of the uplink port is 100 M), in order to adapt to the needs of long distance transmission, the GES-3517M also provides a 100Base-FX expansion slot on the right side of the front panel with an optional SC/ST/MT-RJ/VF-45 or SC single-mode optical fiber module with a maximum transmission distance of 60Km Single-Mode Optical Fiber ). The GES-3517M can force the optical fiber module to work in full or half duplex mode, and its working status can be easily seen through the working status indicator on the optical fiber module.
The State indication of the GES-3517M is characteristic of the obvious port trunk indicator on the front panel, and the Console port used to configure the switch is also located in the center of the front panel, the connection parameters of the control port are directly marked above, which is very convenient to configure.
The GES-3517M only provides menu control through the Console port, can display, set port status and VLAN and port trunk function. GES-3517M supports VLAN based on physical port, but does not support 802.1Q standard; GES-3517M has a complete flow control function, while supporting basic error frame Filtering and broadcast frame filtering, and can achieve broadcast reduction.
Although in 128 M64 bytes, 256 bytes and 99% bytes frame length GES-3517M did not reach the line speed, but the line rate exceeds, performance is good. The average delay value of the port is smaller than MB, and the frame length is lower. The delay is slightly higher under other conditions, but the delay fluctuation is not large, and it is basically kept as a straight line. The MAC Address Table depth measured by the GES-3517M is 6 K, although it does not reach its nominal 8 K value, but it is the largest in the participating non-Network-tube switch.
The one-year replacement and three-year warranty After-sales service strategy developed by great wall Corporation enables users to provide better service guarantee when selecting this product.
In general, the GES-3517M configuration is simple, the function is moderate, the performance is good, more suitable for small and medium working group-level network use.

Tsinghua Ziguang ES6243S
The 24-port switch ES6243S which was sent and tested by Ziguang network has a beautiful blue "coat". The port design is reasonable and the indicator light status indicators are comprehensive and complete, the two powerful fans located on one side of the body quickly blow out the heat from the system board, so that the system always works under good temperature conditions.
ES6243S has rich features: supports stacking, filtering and broadcast reduction, port trunk, flow control and VLAN functions are also available; 10 m steady-state throughput reaches the line speed, at 87.5% m, the speed is not reached under 64-byte frame length. The test performance is better after the backplane, the line rate reaches, and the storage and forwarding latency of M is low; there is no line-End Blocking problem, and the maximum forwarding rate to non-blocking ports basically reaches 50%. The Address Table depth of 12 K can fully meet the needs of large and medium-sized networks.
ES6243S allows you to manage vswitches through the Console port or Web interface. The available options are basically the same, you can set vswitch port parameters, function features, priority, SNMP/RMON, VLAN, and so on. Note that before configuring a vswitch through the Web, you must first define an IP address for the vswitch. You can set this address on the Console port, and then you can access the vswitch directly on the browser interface.
If you need a vswitch with powerful scalability, stacking, and comprehensive management features, the ES6243S of Tsinghua Ziguang is worth considering.

Initial letter ST3124
ST3124 is a brown switch. There are two fans on one side of the body for heat dissipation, and the ConsoleIP port on the left side of the front panel. There is a 100Base-FX expansion fiber module slot at the bottom, the middle and right are the RJ-45 port and status indicator, the layout is relatively compact, the status indicator is also very complete.
ST3124 has many features, but does not have priority control and multicast functions. This imposes certain restrictions on application levels or applications in some special cases; the multicast function can also be of great help to applications such as VOD.
ST3124 of the first letter has good performance, fully reaching the line speed, the switch port delay is very low, and the maximum forwarding rate to non-blocking ports also reaches 50%, but the MAC address table is small, only 1 K, suitable for small and medium network environments.
ST3124 Console port is a standard RJ-45 port through which you can connect to the switch for local management, or through any RJ-45 port on the front panel to enter Web interface management. ST3124 supports standard SNMP and limited RMON management, but does not have security control functions.
Generally, ST3124 lacks functions, configurations, and management features, but has excellent performance. If the network size is small or the management requirements are not high, ST3124 is the ideal choice.

Broadcast on TV should be sure InfiniteSwitch 5024
InfiniteSwitch 5024 is a dark blue 24-port switch with two expansion module slots on the rear panel. The status indicators on the front panel are arranged incorrectly, there is a status button to switch the Status display items for each port. Status Indicator indicators are comprehensive. Besides common 10 M/100 M, full/half duplex, and data lights, traffic control indicators and SNMP and Console port status indicators are also provided, in addition, the working status of the expansion module is clearly displayed, and the overall design is very clever.
The extended fiber port of InfiniteSwitch 5024 supports two ports: 100Base-FX (single-mode and multi-mode), 1000Base-SX/LX for single-port, and 1000Base-TX for single-port. It supports a wide range of media and provides a great choice.
InfiniteSwitch 5024 features a wide range of features, and even provides Filtering for static address tables. It can be set to receive packets sent from MAC addresses in the static address table, the opposite is not possible, which expands the flexibility and range of filtering. InfiniteSwitch 5024 also provides support for the standard 802.1Q Protocol. However, each server supports 256 VLANs, which is not enough for some special applications.
InfiniteSwitch 5024 has outstanding performance. It not only achieves line speed easily in all situations, but also has low latency and is relatively stable. Its MAC Address Table depth also reaches the nominal 32 K, which is the largest of the switch products in this test and is suitable for large-scale network environments. Relatively speaking, the maximum forwarding rate from its traffic control to the non-blocking port is slightly weaker than 50%.
InfiniteSwitch 5024 allows you to manage switches through the Console port and built-in Web Proxy programs, and supports SNMP management standards, but does not come with management programs that comply with SNMP standards.
InfiniteSwitch 5024 is a highly cost-effective and manageable switch product. It has good performance indicators, complete functions, convenient configuration and operation, and works stably. It is an ideal product for large and medium-sized networks.

Omnidirectional QS-516V.
Omnidirectional QS-516V is a dark gray 16-port non-tubular switch with 16 ports lined up on the front panel. The system status indicator is located on the right of the front panel and the layout is very concise.
In this test of the network tube switch products, the management function of the omnidirectional QS-516V is more abundant: not only supports the ordinary broadcast reduction, also supports the reduction function of unknown MAC address; supports up to 4 trunk ports, up to m working bandwidth in full duplex; QS-516V also supports port-based functionality.
The flow control performance of the omnidirectional QS-516V is good, and the maximum forwarding rate from the blocked port to the non-blocking port reaches 50% in all cases, indicating that the memory scheduling and the processing speed of the data frame are ideal. In addition, the throughput reaches the line speed and the port latency is low. The only pity is that the depth of the MAC address table is only 1 K, which is suitable for small-scale network environments.
Omnidirectional QS-516V with a self-developed management software interface), through the joint port at the back of the Panel can read the configuration parameters of the switch and switch configuration, all configuration parameters are stored in the disk as configuration files, which can be called up, modified, and written to and loaded at any time.
Theoretically, the data arrives at random ports in the trunk road of the port, which may overload the data stream of a port and fail to achieve the purpose of increasing the switching bandwidth, therefore, there must be a load balancing mechanism between ports in the trunk port. The Omnidirectional QS-516V can provide two load balancing modes based on MAC address and port, so as to flexibly handle the special setting requirements in the actual environment.

Shida Star-S1924f +
Solid network Star-S1924f + is a dark green 24 port network Tube Type Fast Ethernet switch, front panel painted with blue and gray paint, the appearance is extremely eye-catching. The entire front panel layout is very compact, 24 RJ-45 ports are divided into three groups, each group of ports has a complete status indicator, observe the port status is very convenient. Both the Star-S1924f + Console port and the extended fiber port are on the front panel and there is a power switch on the back of the Panel.
Star-S1924f + has two working modes, namely 802.1Q VLAN mode and port VLAN mode, for users who need to perform cross-device VLAN function should work in the first mode, users who only need to implement VLAN functions in a switch or do not need VLAN functions can select the second working mode. The two different working modes will directly affect the working status of the switch, in the previous case, the depth of the Star-S1924f + address table is 9 K, in the latter mode, the address table depth reaches 17 kb.
The performance of Star-S1924f + is good, the throughput reaches the line speed in all states, the delay value is also low, and the uniformity is good, the delay curve is basically kept as a straight line. Star-S1924f + in 50% M flow control performance is good, to the maximum forwarding rate of non-blocking port to, but in 10 m forwarding rate is slightly worse.
Star-S1924f + management method is also very rich, not only supports common Console port, Telnet management, also supports Web and SNMP management. Star-S1924f + also supports more advanced monitoring methods such as RMON. Star-S1924f + with self-developed SNMP client management software S-manager, easy configuration; and support for port mirroring and a variety of console statistical methods, security control is also very complete.
Star-S1924f + has 1 fiber expansion module slot, can connect 100Base-FX fiber port, actually has a S1924F model and S1924f basic configuration is the same, but no fiber expansion module.
Star-S1924f + in the whole test process work stably, located on one side of the body fan uniform air, the system cooling effect is good, function configuration balancing, good performance, is an outstanding network tube switch products.
　

Digital digital D-Link DES-3624i
DES-3624i is a brown 22-port manageable stack switch with 20 fixed RJ-45 ports on the front panel, the other two ports are provided through the standard dual-port 100Base-T module on the small expansion slot in the middle of the front panel.
There are 2 expansion module slots on the rear panel of the DES-3624i, one of which is used to plug in the fiber expansion module, another long slot is used to plug in a three-port master stack module so that the switch can be stacked.
DES-3624i has a variety of single-port or dual-port 1000Base-SX/LX/T Gigabit module for users to choose from, some can also be compatible with other models of digital switch products, good applicability. It is worth noting that the switch also provides a m optical fiber module with a small MT-RJ interface that can be inserted into the expansion slot on the front panel.
DES-3624i itself does not have stack capabilities, in order to obtain stack capabilities must be combined with another switch DES-3624 to achieve. The DES-3624 differs from the DES-3624i in that there is no Console port and the fiber expansion slot on the back panel, and the module plug-in the stack slot also has only one port that can be connected to the DES-3624i through a dedicated cable.
DES-3624i is one of the most functional products in the participating switch, the maximum number of VLANs supported based on 802.1Q standard also reached 2046, it is suitable for large and medium-sized network environments that require strict access control.
DES-3624i performance is also very good, in addition to 100 M 64-byte frame length by the backplane throughput to reach the line rate of 95.45%, other conditions are easy to reach the line rate, delay is also very good, the value is very low and stable. The depth of the 27 k MAC address table is sufficient to cope with almost all network environments, and there is no line congestion problem. The maximum forwarding rate from non-blocking ports is only slightly less than 50%.
In terms of manageability, DES-3624i is almost in parallel with Intel's Express 530T, rich and comprehensive, but its own management software is slightly inferior to Intel's Device View.
DES-3624i can meet the needs of most application environments, all aspects are very balanced, the overall design level is high, flexible and diverse module support and built-in stack function to make it adaptable, the price is moderate, is an outstanding network-managed switch product.

TP-Link TL-SF1024
The TP-Link TL-SF1024 is a 24-port, simple-fit, Fast Ethernet switch with a brown look, complete system status indicators, power switches on the back panel, but no fiber expansion slot, you can only cascade other network devices through the Uplink port. There is also a MII interface on the back panel to connect network devices with multiple media interfaces.
TL-SF1024 supports basic error frame and broadcast frame Filtering, but does not support VLAN and port trunk, network functions are limited, without VLAN division, it is not suitable for use in a slightly larger or more complex network environment. The TL-SF1024 does not have a Management port, and all the parameters of the switch work by default at factory time, but it also reduces the possibility of configuration errors.
The performance of the TL-SF1024 is outstanding, throughput not only reaches the line speed in all circumstances, the port delay is also low, and the fluctuation in the length of various byte frames is very small, the stability is very good, the MAC Address Table depth is centered in the non-manageable vswitches involved in this test, basically meeting the needs of general application environments.
TL-SF1024 is not blindly pursuing the function of the big and complete, very suitable for users who only need simple switching features, although its management function is weak, but its cost per 100 m port is only less than yuan, the performance is also quite good. It is a "dumb" Switch product that you can buy with confidence.