Extremely Cheap AliExpress Switch for Bunker Project - 1393

[@davidanderson2436]

Mount it sideways so it can breath - thanks for the video! Have great day!

[@MyPlayHouse]

:-) "breath" I think you are giving this cheap chinese switch a bit to much AI credit... :-) I know what you mean...

[@shephusted2714]

you need more monitoring and a flat floor in the bunker but it is progressing - 2.5 is a good addition with jumbo frames you should get 230mb/s or so, do add hepa pos pressure vent and that will take care of humidity issues when coupled with dehumidifer

[@MyPlayHouse]

It's work in progress,, we are getting there on tiny step at a time :-)

[@romanrm1]

I use a similar switch, also with 8x2.5+1x10G, but unmanaged one. No problems whatsoever.

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi @romanrm1 Thank You very much! glad you liked the video :-) Thank you for watching! :-)

[@rtacconi]

cheap D-Link work well and also their managed ones are very cheap. Also, Mikrotik are a bit more expensive but you have good optioins with SFP/SFP+

[@MyPlayHouse]

If you add up all the stuff I wanted for this switch,, the options got very limited. 10Gbit uplink SFP+ uplink Minimum 8 ports of minimum 1Gbit ports Managed Fit in my tiny rack. (this did not fit where I wanted it but still) Affordable (this is a for fun project,, trying to keep the prices down)

[@rigsbyrigged1831]

putting the switch in your "rack" will block the air-vents on the sides.

[@MyPlayHouse]

Yes it will,, I believe I mentioned that..

[@leo_craft1]

Also on amazon there are these tiny fanless 2.5 gbe that have 10 gb sfp+ for linking with fiber cables

[@MyPlayHouse]

øhh that was the one I got ???

[@leo_craft1]

@@MyPlayHouse no, there are some others on amazon that are probably better for build quality, but they cost a little bit more (just 10 euros) + most of them are unmanaged

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

I have a TANDA switch which supports POE and uses a 51V PSU.

[@MyPlayHouse]

This one runs from USB power... pretty good! :-)

[@janlangley6217]

It might have not liked the Poe pass through from the unifi wall ap, I think you can turn it off in the unifi controller

[@madbstard1]

First thing I thought of was PoE

[@MyPlayHouse]

I have also been thinking that,,, I was probably lucky I did not break anything!!

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

Maybe a few more solar collector panels should work better.

[@MyPlayHouse]

More power,, would solve a lot... I have also found that my solar charge controller uses a lot of idle power.

[@tomtev4578]

Great video Morten… Maybe you find DC/DC power supplies for the switch and the de-humidifier so you can switch of the AC part of the battery- avoidance of switching/conversion loss Would be fun to see

[@MyPlayHouse]

Yes,, I need to step down 12v to 9v to the de-humidifier,, just haven't gotten to that yet :-/ and I need it to run in a timer on/off or even better a humidifier sensor,, on/off.

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

What about a fibre connection from your mainframe to the unit in your bunker via one of the pipe that goes into your bunker.

[@MyPlayHouse]

That was installed in a later video.

[@anenglishmaninbrazil3212]

What you need is a mini UPS from China it gives you 5/9/12v outputs i have 4 of them and they are great....if you want the model number I can give you

[@MyPlayHouse]

Very interesting,, never heard of an mini UPS,, I googled it,,, interesting which one do you use?

[@anenglishmaninbrazil3212]

​@@MyPlayHouse I use the DC1018P they are so flexible and supply cables to match, I have 4 here they are very versatile for what yhey are...

[@TimothyLipinski]

Great Video ! Move the electronics away from the floor, please ! Does the bunker ever flood with a few inches of water ? Sump pump ? Stay connected ! tjl

[@MyPlayHouse]

It should not get flooded.

[@KavorkaDesigns]

This is a good TL-SG108E Is has its own management mode

[@MyPlayHouse]

Sorry,, what does that mean ?

[@KavorkaDesigns]

@@MyPlayHouse TP-Link TL-SG108E

[@KavorkaDesigns]

@@MyPlayHouse Greater control and security than a basic switch, only slightly costing more than the lower-end model of the similar name(non-E version)

[@matthewgregory395]

Love the video, been wondering how you would do the networking, could you 3rd print some ears for it and have remote temp prop?

[@MyPlayHouse]

I still need to dig in the rest of the pipe where the fiber and power will come in :-)

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

I could not find the quad address that would let me configure my managed switch.

[@MyPlayHouse]

Can be hard...

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

I can hear you loud and clear .

[@MyPlayHouse]

Thank You :-)

[@FintaruS]

Doesn't the switch uses more power/watt when there is network connection / data transferred in progress?

[@MyPlayHouse]

I am sure it does,,, most of the time it is not going to be doing much,, we will see again when I get some traffic on it..

[@nicklaslennert6941]

Maybe you can flash the switch with openwrt firmware. What is the chip names. Flash?

[@MyPlayHouse]

Okay,, I did that 10+ years ago on the LinkSYS :-)

[@welsh1lad]

Have you tested the through put of the switch , that its is possible to to pull the 2.5GB from each port , also Dose the SFP port require any particular Type Of SFP ? Since these things have there own firmware installed on them .

[@welsh1lad]

Sold out on AliExpress

[@MyPlayHouse]

What you saw, was what I did,, I have not tested any more than that. (witch was really not much of a test, more like does it work at all) I put in a standard SFP+ ,,, I think this will take more or less anything,, it´s the big brands that are picky and only want to work with there own SFP's

[@MyPlayHouse]

I can still buy more if I would want to...

[@skynetcybersystem3tech]

👍

[@MyPlayHouse]

Little progress!! :-)

[@fu1r4]

What do you use the bunker for?

[@MyPlayHouse]

Tiny Data Center,, and playing around with what it can be used for..

[@OstenTV_DK]

Let me know if I can print a new mic mount for you.

[@MyPlayHouse]

Thank you :-) I do not think the think can be fixes,, I am trying with superglue,, and some tape,, if that does not work, I´ll get a new one,,, it 350,- dk-ish The mic took the fall and saved the camcorder,, kind of my first equipment lose in over 10 years,, not complaining!!

[@jmonsted]

I had the same problem with the unifi in-wall AP. We plugged a TV into the left port and it works, plug it into the right and the AP turns off.

[@MyPlayHouse]

Maybe it has to do with the POE settings of the unifi in-wall AP,, it might be on or set to auto..

[@robertsmith2956]

@@MyPlayHouse That is why I bought a switch with only half POE ports. That way there will never be an issue.

[@Kartoffelliebhaber]

Would you not be wary of Aliexpress networking gear? Because of spying concerns? I've heard of cheap Chinese network devices sniffing your packets and sending it to foreign servers.

[@asean5459]

you like "old comrade paranoid" but now comunist are west

[@WillFuI]

U could always not let it connect to the internet.

[@leo_craft1]

You can block these servers if you have a dns or a stupid firewall

[@MyPlayHouse]

It's not keeping me up at night!! but it would be irritating to be part of some bad bot net.. My data is not important enough to sniff..

[@leo_craft1]

@@MyPlayHouse please hack me

[@Ryujin9618]

Second

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi @Ryujin9618 Thank You very much! glad you liked the video :-) Thank you for watching! :-)

[@opless]

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[@MyPlayHouse]

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[@ZeitreisenderDrache]

Erster

[@MyPlayHouse]

Not quite :-)