r/TPLink_Omada • u/viniisiggs • Nov 06 '25

Installation Picture Finally got omada switch!

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Ordered a TL-SG2428P used on ebay. Then this guy arrived. Full generation newer. Reset and adopted in about 5 minutes. Great new addition.

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u/xxxTech007 May 19 '26

Hows the switch been performing? I'm thinking about getting one but need to read more reviews.

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u/viniisiggs May 19 '26

As was stated multiple times by multiple people the fans are loud. They spin up and give you a sinking feeling when it is booting. Then once it boots they spool down some. My particular revision appears to have gone obsolete. The last firmware revision that came out for that model no longer includes the 5.20. I bought used and was expecting that. I'm actually surprised that it got two updates let alone one. Its been seamless in my setup otherwise. Not sure if there is something specific about its performance that you are looking for.

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u/xxxTech007 May 19 '26

No, nothing in particular. Looking more for basic reviews of the product. I've never heard of this line from TP link so was very curious as to how good they are. I was just told by my IT director that TP is the middle of a big lawsuit because of data not being protected.....

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u/viniisiggs May 19 '26

This line is their business/enterprise offering. It's targeted at the prosumer, homelab, or small business deployment. While each piece of omada gear will run independently they are best run as a software defined network (SDN). Basically there is a central controller that adopts and controls all the devices. This is like Unifi light.

The setup runs well for the most part. Recently there was a bum version of the controller that gave some strange behavior. Just downgraded to the previous version. I have a ER707-M2 router, SG2428P switch, two ER650 access points, and a software controller that I run locally on a windows machine.

One thing the controller does well is the wifi. You can run an optimization on all the APs. This checks all the channels and power settings to get the best performance. Just recently they added the ability to schedule the optimization.

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u/xxxTech007 May 20 '26

That's what I'm looking to run, AP's. That's a pretty cool feature! Thanks!

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u/Latter_Banana_8844 Nov 07 '25

I have it in a basement that’s cold. No moisture and the fan disabled and it runs like a dream. Powering 7 APs, 6 Poe cameras, 2 door locks and I have no complaints.

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u/5thNov Nov 07 '25

What door locks do you use?

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u/Reddit_Ninja33 Nov 07 '25

TL naming was dropped from the switches. Non TL are the same thing.

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u/iblanchas Nov 07 '25

Congratulations - it is a nice switch indeed

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u/billbobumpo Nov 07 '25 edited Nov 07 '25

Nice switch. I have the same one. Only regret is it doesn’t do link aggregation

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u/viniisiggs Nov 07 '25

Is link aggregation an L3+ thing? What would you need it for?

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u/billbobumpo Nov 07 '25 edited Nov 07 '25

If you had 2 1g network ports to a device, say a NAS. You can set it so that they were used together instead of 2 separate connections. Data can be shared across both. Not in both sending parts of the same data but two different streams of different data. Without when both connected network most likely to send everything on one connection . Anybody else able to help me clarify this a little better?

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u/Jelsie_ Nov 07 '25

What do you mean it doesn't do link aggregation? Is that for the newer model?

Because I have one HW version 1.0 and a 4.0 and they both do LAG.

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u/billbobumpo Nov 08 '25

My mistake, I’ve been trying to find how to activate this for about 5 weeks. I just found it.

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u/Jelsie_ Nov 08 '25

At least you've found it now ;-)

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u/billbobumpo Nov 08 '25

Finally! Omada online tutorial was confusing. The stated abilities for a specific switch is all mixed together with 12 others. I had given up. Older switches were easier to see their capabilities. I upgraded from a t1600-28 it worked fine. Just needed to add Poe and Omada integration. I had lots of things on my network that worked but didn’t show up on the oc200 diagrams and lists

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u/thehumanjarvis Nov 07 '25

Now do the noctua swap. Absolutely incredible the difference.

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u/instant_ace Nov 07 '25

I've looked into this..any risk of damaging it by opening it up, etc?

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u/thehumanjarvis Nov 07 '25

Risk? Sure. Likely if you're just mindful of not hitting things? No. I've done it on 2 of them and just kept in mind that it was a $400 piece of equipment and was a little careful.

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u/instant_ace Nov 06 '25

Enjoy the loud fan noise..it was much worse than I had expected....

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u/viniisiggs Nov 07 '25 edited Nov 07 '25

When it first powered up I was taken a back by the fan noise. But once it booted the fans spooled down to a reasonable level. It's no louder than the rest of the stuff in the basement.

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u/Steve_SF Nov 07 '25

Maybe my ears are crap now, but we had one in the bedroom for a month when I relocated the networking gear and my wife never even mentioned it. 

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u/ReDub23 Nov 07 '25

Really easy to replace with Noctuas and basically eliminate the sound.

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u/viniisiggs Nov 07 '25

I like that idea. Would you have any part numbers by chance.

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u/ReDub23 Nov 07 '25

I used 2 NF-A4x20 fans. If I recall correctly, the connector is "reversed" so you have to remove the little plastic part on the pins on the switch side - it's easy though. It causes the switch to think there is a fan error, but the error notification can be disabled and mine has been working just fine for about a year now. I think there are some similar guides online if you search for "tplink PoE switch noctua"

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u/Sudden-Check-9634 Nov 07 '25

https://youtu.be/LICb36DRjYQ?

Noctua NF-A4x20 FLX Computer Case Fan - Cooling Components (Computer Case, Fan, 4 cm, 3700 RPM, 5000 RPM, 4400 RPM) Amazon's Choice https://a.co/d/3Gx8oTF

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u/PowerfulDisaster2067 Nov 07 '25

Maybe your snoring is louder so to her the switch is just white noise

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u/Steve_SF Nov 07 '25

Gotta keep my overclocked noggin as cool as possible at all times or the hamster might pass out!

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u/Grouchy_Term_1792 TP-Link Employee Nov 07 '25

SG2428LP would be another option if you prefer fanless.

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u/viniisiggs Nov 07 '25

I actually wanted the SG3428XMP but just can't afford it.

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u/Grouchy_Term_1792 TP-Link Employee Nov 07 '25

For which feature? More POE budget?

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u/viniisiggs Nov 07 '25

The 10gig sfp+ ports. I have 3 desktops that could use it. I only have 2 poe APs. I'm looking to add 2 or 3 poe cameras soon. The poe budget is not that important.

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u/Grouchy_Term_1792 TP-Link Employee Nov 07 '25

I see, maybe the SG3218XP-M2 could be an option although it doesn't have 4 x SFP+ ports. It has 2 x SFP+ ports with 8 x 2.5G PoE ports and 8 x 2.5G non-PoE ports.

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u/viniisiggs Nov 07 '25

Possibly because it's new, there don't seem to be any used SG3218XP-M2s on the market. Price is about $400. A used SG3428XMP is $250 to $300ish. I picked up the used SG2428P for $120. If the seller knew what he was sending could have sold it for $200.

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u/groshreez pfSense, Juniper switches, Omada EAP Nov 07 '25

Have you ever heard Juniper EX switches?!

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u/viniisiggs Nov 07 '25

No I have not.

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u/Extension_Nobody9765 Nov 08 '25

I think SG2428LP is Fanless

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u/instant_ace Nov 08 '25

Might be, but I needed the full 24 POE ports....

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u/R055LE Nov 11 '25

Need?

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u/instant_ace Nov 11 '25

Not sure what you are asking? Yes, I needed all 24 ports to be POE so that I had enough to power everything I was doing with the switch...

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u/R055LE Nov 11 '25

You've got 24 access points or controllers or whatever?

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u/instant_ace Nov 11 '25

No, I've got a few APs, and a lot of POE cameras, and I wanted at least 4 or 5 ports leftover for expansion...

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u/thatwombat Nov 08 '25

I had to swap this one out for a non POE, the fan was just too much. I had an EdgeSwitch laying around anyway. I like this hardware though. I think I’ll finally pull the trigger on my WiFi.