The Dell PowerConnect 2824 is an oldie but goldie 24 port Gigabit Managed Switch (with ports 23\/24 being shared ports like on the Cisco 3560 PoE 8 - which have Gigabit Cooper Ports as well as SFP ports - but you can only use one at\u00a0 a time :)).<\/p>\n
You can get them for about 80\u20ac \/ delivered on eBay as used products and they are qualitywise very good and got an reasonable (although ugly) webinterface as well as SNMP and the usual stuff. They can work as managed or unmanaged switch, which can be switched via the \"Mode\" port on the front (holding it for less than 7 seconds during operation, it switches the Mode, longer than that -> reset).<\/p>\n
To clean a newly acquired switch:<\/p>\n
2<\/code> to \"Erase flash file\" and enter\u00a0config<\/code>\u00a0to delete the config file. Press\u00a0ESC<\/code>\u00a0to exit and boot<\/li>\n- You will see that the switch will be boot in Unmanaged Mode, and the \"Managed\" LED will turn off. Now Press the Mode switch for about 5 seconds, and it will turn to Managed Mode<\/li>\n
- You can now setup the switch via Serial Console, or just wait 60 seconds for it to start up with the default values: 192.168.2.1 as HTTP Interface and admin as username - no password<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n