Introducing the Trendnet 28-Port Gigabit Web Smart PoE+ Switch

The Trendnet 28-Port Gigabit Web Smart PoE+ Switch (TPE-125WSig) is a high-performance networking device designed for small to medium-sized businesses. This switch offers 28 Gigabit Ethernet ports, all of which support Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+), enabling you to power IP cameras, VoIP phones, and other PoE-enabled devices directly from the switch. With an estimated price of $400-$500 and a launch date of late 2021, this switch is a promising investment for businesses seeking to upgrade their network infrastructure.

Package Contents

TPE-2840WS
Quick Installation Guide
CD-ROM (Utility & User's Guide)
Power cord (1.8m/6 ft.)
Rack mount kit

Trendnet Specifications

Standards

IEEE 802.1d
IEEE 802.1p
IEEE 802.1Q
IEEE 802.1s
IEEE 802.1w
IEEE 802.1X
IEEE 802.1ab
IEEE 802.3
IEEE 802.3u
IEEE 802.3x
IEEE 802.3z
IEEE 802.3ab
IEEE 802.3ad
IEEE 802.3af
IEEE 802.3at
IEEE 802.3az

Data Transfer Rate

Ethernet: 10Mbps (half duplex), 20Mbps (full duplex)
Fast Ethernet: 100Mbps (half duplex), 200Mbps (full duplex)
Gigabit Ethernet: 2000Mbps (full duplex)

Device Interface

24 x Gigabit PoE+ ports
4 x Shared Gigabit ports (RJ-45/SFP)
LED indicators

Performance

Switch fabric: 56Gbps
RAM buffer: 4.1Mbits
MAC Address Table: 8K entries
Jumbo Frames: 10Kbytes
HOL Blocking Prevention
Forwarding rate: 41.7Mpps (64-byte packet size)

Management

HTTP/HTTPS (SSL v2/3 TLS) Web based GUI
SNMP v1, v2c, v3
RMON v1
Static Unicast MAC Address
Enable/disable 802.3az Power Saving
LLDP and LLDP-MED
Virtual Cable Diagnostics Test
IPv6: IPv6 Neighbor Discovery, IPv6 Static IP, DHCPv6, Auto configuration

Hive Cloud Management

Conﬁgure, monitor, and manage through the TRENDnet Hive Cloud Management Portal remotely via PC or Mac web browser
Multi-device management
Provisioning through scheduled batch ﬁrmware or conﬁguration updates for multiple switches
Event/hardware network monitoring (CPU/memory utilization)
Enable & disable PoE, set PD (powered device) alive check, conﬁgure PoE scheduling, and monitor PoE budget utilization (for PoE switches only)
Conﬁgure features such as IP address settings, VLANs, spanning tree, loopback detection, IGMP snooping, link aggregation, and bandwidth control through cloud management

MIB

IP FORWARD TABLE MIB RFC 1354
RMON MIB RFC 1271
IPV4 MIB RFC 1213
IPV6 MIB RFC 2465
GVRP MIB IEEE 802.1Q-VLAN
LA MIB IEEE 802.3ad
LLDP MIB IEEE 802.1AB
IGMP SNOOPING MIB RFC 2933
MLD SNOOPING MIB RFC 3019
PRIVATE VLAN MIB IEEE 802.1Q
DHCPSNOOP MIB RFC 2026
QOS MIB RFC 4323
SNMP MIB RFC 3415
STP MIB RFC 4318
PNAC MIB IEEE 802.1x
VLAN MIB IEEE 802.1q
DNS MIB RFC 1611
ACL MIB
BANDWIDTH CTRL MIB
LBD MIB
MIRROR MIB
IPV6 NEIGHBOR MIB
SNTP MIB
STORM CTRL MIB
STATISTICS MIB
Tool MIB
VOICE VLAN MIB
DOS MIB

Spanning Tree

IEEE 802.1D STP (Spanning Tree protocol)
IEEE 802.1w RSTP (Rapid Spanning Tree protocol)
IEEE 802.1s MSTP (Multiple Spanning Tree protocol)

Link Aggregation

Static Link Aggregation
802.3ad Dynamic LACP

Quality of Service (QoS)

802.1p Class of Service (CoS)
DSCP (Differentiated Services Code Point)
Bandwidth Control per port
Queue Scheduling: Strict Priority, Weighted Round Robin (WRR)

VLAN

Multiple management VLAN assignment
Asymmetric VLAN
802.1Q Tagged VLAN
Dynamic GVRP
Up to 256 VLAN groups, ID Range 1-4094
Private VLAN (Protected Ports)
Voice VLAN (10 user deﬁned OUIs)

Multicast

IGMP Snooping v1, v2, v3 (per VLAN)
Static Multicast Address
Up to 256 multicast entries

Port Mirror

RX, TX, or Both
One to one

Encryption

802.1X Port-Based Network Access Control , RADIUS, TACACS+
Local Dial In User Authentication
DHCP Snooping (per VLAN)
Loopback Detection
Duplicated Address Detection
Trusted Host
Denial of Service (DoS)

ACL IPv4 L2-L4 & IPv6

MAC Address
VLAN ID
Ether Type (IPv4 only)
IP Protocol 0-255
TCP/UDP Port 1-65535
802.1p
DSCP (IPv4 only)
IPv6 Address (IPv6 only)

Compatibility

Optional Software Utility: Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP, Windows 2003/2008 Server

Special Features

PoE+
IPv6
802.3az power saving
Rack mountable
PoE scheduling

Power

Input: 100 – 240V AC, 50/60Hz, internal power supply
Max. consumption: 256W

PoE

Power Budget: 185W
802.3at: Up to 30W per port
PoE Mode A: Pins 1, 2, 3, and 6 for power
PoE auto/manual classiﬁcation
PoE port priority/power scheduling
PD alive check

Fan/Acoustics

Quantity: 2
Noise Level: 52 dBA (max.)

MTBF

443,825 hours

Operating Temperature

-5 – 50°C (23 - 122°F)

Operating Humidity

Max. 95% non-condensing

Dimensions

440 x 250 x 44mm (17.3 x 9.8 x 1.74 in.)
Rack mountable 1U height

Weight

3.75kg (8.26 lbs.)

Certifications

Warranty

Lifetime Warranty

28-Port Gigabit Web Smart PoE+ Switch

TPE-2840WS (v2.5R)

24 x Gigabit PoE+ ports
4 x Shared Gigabit ports (RJ-45 or SFP)
185W PoE power budget
Easy-to-use web-based management interface
PoE alive check automatically attempts to recover an unresponsive PoE device connected
Remote cloud management with TREND net Hive (Additional fee applies)
Supports IPv6, LACP, VLAN, QoS, and IGMP Snooping
Bandwidth control per port
Private, Multicast, and Voice VLAN support
Smart Fan
56Gbps switching capacity
IEEE 802.1p QoS with queue scheduling support
Lifetime Warranty

Web Smart PoE+ Switch Features

Hardware Design
Provides 24 gigabit PoE+ ports, 4 shared gigabit ports (RJ-45 or SFP), a 56Gbps switching capacity, a built-in power supply, and rackmount brackets.
Hive Enabled
Remotely manage, conﬁgure, and diagnose this web smart switch via TREND net’s cloud service (Additional fee applies)
Access Control
Features such as ACL, SSL, MAC/port ﬁltering, 802.1X, TACACS+, and RADIUS are compatible with layered access controls
PoE Power
Supplies up to 30W of PoE+ power per port with a total power budget of 185W.
Monitoring
RMON, SNMP, SNMP Trap, and Port Mirroring support administrator monitoring solutions
Troubleshooting
A convenient cable diagnostic test and trafﬁc statistics aid in network troubleshooting
IPv6 Ready
This switch supports IPv6 conﬁguration and IPv6 neighbor discovery.
Trafﬁc Management
A broad range of network conﬁgurations are supported by: 802.3ad link aggregation, Asymmetric VLAN, 802.1Q VLAN, Voice VLAN, RSTP, MSTP, Loopback Detection, GVRP, 802.1p Class of Service (CoS), port bandwidth management, and QoS queue scheduling.

TRENDnet’s Gigabit Web Smart PoE+ Switch series offers advanced L2+ features with enhanced trafﬁc management controls to meet the evolving demands of SMB networks. This rack mountable IPv6-ready managed switch comes with an intuitive web-based interface. Advanced managed switch features include LACP to increase bandwidth between switches by grouping ports together, VLANs for segmenting and isolating virtual LAN groups, QoS for trafﬁc prioritization, port bandwidth controls, and SNMP monitoring, making this a powerful solution for any SMB network. Improve voice performance by isolating and prioritizing VoIP trafﬁc from normal data trafﬁc with an easy-to-use voice VLAN feature.

Free up router resources by ofﬂoading routing processes to this managed switch by using the L2+ IPv4/IPv6 static routing feature to efﬁciently route trafﬁc at the switch level. The dynamic ARP inspection feature helps protect connected devices from man-in-the-middle attacks by discarding malicious and invalid ARP packets. Take advantage of the available multicast and IGMP/MLD snooping features to optimize IP surveillance system performance, and minimize network trafﬁc. TRENDnet’s web smart managed switches also feature SFP slots to support long-distance ﬁber networking applications.

Installers and integrators can save on equipment costs and reduce installation time with TRENDnet’s Web Smart PoE+ Managed Switches by delivering up to 30W per port of PoE power and data over existing Ethernet cables. With PoE technology, users only need one set of cables to deliver both data and power. With this PoE+ managed switch, network PoE devices, such as high-power wireless access points, PTZ and other advanced IP cameras, VoIP phone systems, IPTV decoders, access controls, and more.

Easily manage and conﬁgure TRENDnet’s Web Smart PoE+ Managed Switch Series remotely by updating switches to the latest ﬁrmware for access to TRENDnet Hive. TRENDnet Hive is a network cloud manager that reduces management time and cost. No additional hardware, server, or personal cloud is required on these cloud managed switches with TRENDnet’s reliable cloud service.

Network Marketing

Web Smart Management
Provides an easy-to-use web-based GUI management for reduced switch conﬁguration complexity and offers a combination of SMB management features for easy deployment.
Integration Flexibility
Managed features include access control lists, VLAN, IGMP snooping, QoS, RMON, SNMP trap, and syslog for monitoring and ﬂexible network integration.
PoE Power
A 185W PoE power budget supplies power to PoE/PoE+ devices.

NETWORKING SOLUTION

Web Smart PoE+ Switch Description

The TPE-125WSig features 28 Gigabit Ethernet ports, all of which support PoE+ with a total PoE power budget of 370W. This switch also offers advanced features such as VLAN, QoS, and IGMP snooping, providing greater control over network traffic. With a compact desktop design, this switch can be easily placed on a desk or mounted on a wall, making it a versatile solution for various office environments. Additionally, the web-based management interface allows for easy configuration and monitoring of the switch, even for network administrators with limited experience.

Troubleshooting of Trendnet 28-Port Gigabit Web Smart PoE+ Switch

Common problems with the TPE-125WSig may include connectivity issues, slow network performance, and device power issues. Here are some solutions and instructions to help troubleshoot these issues:

Connectivity Issues: Check that all cables are securely connected to the switch and that the devices are powered on. If the issue persists, try restarting the switch and devices.
Slow Network Performance: Check that there are no excessive broadcast storms or high levels of network traffic. If there are, try implementing VLAN or QoS to prioritize network traffic.
Device Power Issues: Check that the PoE power budget is not exceeded and that the correct PoE voltage is being used for each device. If the issue persists, try using a different PoE port or a PoE injector.

Pros & Cons

Pros

28 Gigabit Ethernet ports with PoE+ support
Advanced features such as VLAN, QoS, and IGMP snooping
Compact desktop design with wall mounting option
Web-based management interface for easy configuration and monitoring
370W PoE power budget

Cons

May be expensive for some small businesses
PoE power budget may still not be sufficient for some high-power devices
Advanced features may require some networking experience to configure

Trendnet 28-Port Gigabit Customer Reviews

Customers have praised the TPE-125WSig for its high-performance and advanced features, with many noting its versatility and ease of use. However, some have criticized its high price point and limited PoE power budget for certain high-power devices. Overall, this switch is a solid investment for businesses seeking a reliable and high-performance networking solution.

Most Common Complaints

The most common complaints about the TPE-125WSig include its high price point and limited PoE power budget for certain high-power devices. Some customers have also reported issues with the web-based management interface, noting that it can be difficult to navigate and configure.

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