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  • Sep 25, 2026, 6:39 AM

    I wonder if I might know anyone who might be interested in a Netgear XS512EM Network Switch? It features 12 NBase-T five-speed ports up to 10Gbps, with two shared SFP+ ports (11-12), and a rather basic web UI that is unusably inaccessible, but works perfectly if your eyes work well enough to read print, featuring port-based (basic) and 802.1Q (advanced) VLANs, some discovery features, a few other layer 2 functions, but no layer 3. It has served its purpose in my apartment-sized data center, and I will be replacing it with the Mikrotik CRS312 whateverwhatever in the model number after that, LOL. Insanely, it looks like the $1,500 after tax I paid for it in 2020 looks like is now $2,200 plus tax now! For the same damn metal rectangular box. LOL. Well, this one has been humming along for six years, so its not exactly new anymore. But it is very reliable, has never locked up or dropped a packet on me. That's usually down to the odd habbit of buying modestly higher end gear, and then going for the cheapest ethernet cables on the screen. I'll be cleaning it up when the replacement switch arrives. I have no clue what to ask for it, LOL. It is pretty underwhelming in features, and unusable for us screen reader folk for anything beyond the click of the cable. So I'm not exactly the best salesman for the damn thing neither, LOL.

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