hello
i don’t know if this is the right place but the CSS610-8G-2S+IN switch should not exist when the CSS326-24G-2S+RM exists
30$ more will get you 3x more ports and a better SWOS
the swos lite is a sham , how much processing would it take to name a VLAN ?!!
bought 15 CSS610-8G-2S+IN without noticing the swos lite thingy ( never heard of it anyway ) and now im forced to use them as dummy switches cuz they dont belong elsewhere
30$ more will get you 3x more ports and a better SWOS
Or you can spend less and get less. Funny, that.
The differences go beyond those two points, though. If I were in the CSS market — and I’m not; CRS for me, all the way — the option to have a modern platform in half the width with a wider PoE range would make the CSS610 more attractive to me in places where I could accept the lower port count.
how much processing would it take to name a VLAN
Of all the feature differences between full-fat SwOS and the Lite version, that’s the one that causes them to devolve to “dummy switches” in your environment? I would think one of the top-line features listed here would matter more, if anything did.
Well, I like the smaller offerings sometimes. The frustration comes because this switch does not have RouterOS. I wish they would just put RouterOS on everything and have the option of SwOS for those that feel the need.
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Don´t agree:
-you might just have read the docs before buying it
-the SwOS is minimalistic, but still enables me to use vlans and doing that very simply & I never experienced a crash
-yes ROS is better, but it needs much more CPU, RAM, Flash
-for me, most importantly: CSS610 consumes 5W without counting the SFPs