Sodola SL-SWTGW2C48NS Management
Logging into the switch, the default password is admin/ admin.
Once we logged in, we have a fairly standard web management interface that would look at home a quarter century ago. Still, for SMB and home markets, just having a management interface adds more capabilities than many of the unmanaged switches we have reviewed.
Here you can see the port settings.
One of the features that will probably be used most is the VLAN feature. Again, think of this as a basic web managed switch instead of an enterprise switch replacement.
Here is the QoS settings page.
Here is the spanning tree settings since folks usually want to see this one.
We took a screenshot of the LLDP page and expanded most of the menus. There is a lot here, and most folks will not use all of it. Still, we wanted to give you some idea of the capabilities of this switch.
Next, let us get to the performance.
Is it possible to put the management interface into a vlan or is it only reachable from pvid 1?
Is this model being distributed for sale yet? The amazon link goes to a Sodola 6 port switch, 4x10GT + 2xSFT+.
Sadly, when searching for this model, I can not find it anywhere,
Seems to be taking ages for cheap 10G ethernet only 10+ ports switches to appear, how hard can it be to revise a current switch model with the new RTL chips?
Jay, the Amazon listing was live when this article went up. So it was being distributed – though how much inventory, we couldn’t say.
I happened to see this switch before the review went up and the video dropped. When I search for the model directly it says “Currently Unavailable” so maybe it’s just low inventory
I reached out to Sodola via the support e-mail on their website. They said we sold Amazon US stock out. There is another shipment of these in transit, but the freight is something like two weeks. They also said they plan to have the same price when it goes back in stock.
We did not test them, but I added links to the Mokerlink and YuLinca versions of this switch at the end of this article.
Do not be tempted to buy direct from Sodola, their website often lists vaporware and they send you something different then refuse to refund you or even let you return it to China.
That’s actually how I ended up with one of these switches – I ordered a 16 port 10gbe switch and they sent me a 2.5gbe one, then I had to pay the difference to get this 4+8 and a few SFP+ modules.
Is there any chance there could be a change made to the site so that when an image is clicked it pops out a higher resolution version, instead of going to the gallery?
Any chance you can link to previous articles about SFP+ adapters that are compatible with this switch? (And or actually test some of them with this switch/future switches?)
This switch is intriguing to me, but not all my systems can do 10GbE. I’d like the capability to connect them at 5/2.5GbE rather than dropping all the way down to 1GbE.
I remember several of the SFP+ modules you previously reviewed support multi-GbE.
I just checked and the unit is now listed again for purchase with a back order date of week 1-2 in March. Bought one @ $229
this is not a new product, it has been around since at least october 2023 but sold under different brands, including MokerLink (PN 10G04810GSM) and goodtop (no idea what the PN on this is). during various aliexpress amazon promos, they went as low as $180, before the tariffs kicked in. i have the mokerlink and everything looks exactly the same, the PCB is identical to this.
The switch seems to be solid have one installed up and running. Yes the rampping fan needs improvement. But so far so good.