On: Making a Linux-managed network switch

[tomatocracy]

OpenWRT these days can also be installed on some switches eg the Zyxel GS1900 series (though support for things like PoE and 10Gb/SFP+ ports might be limited, I’m not sure where things stand there).

[stragies → tomatocracy]

Looking at the OpenWrt forum, work is coming along nicely w.r.t supporting FasterThan1G on RTL9X. Many/Most configurations seem to be working.

RTL8X is AFAIC done, feature-complete. https://svanheule.net/switches/

POE on those devices is mostly two types: Broadcom (well supported), and Realteks inhouse solution, which uses a 'dialect' of the Broadcom protocol. There is a git branch/PR, where the 'dialect' differences have been moved to individual modules. But it's not released yet. https://github.com/Hurricos/realtek-poe/pull/35

Unfortunately, there seem to be hard problems migrating up from Linux 5.15 to 6.1 or 6.6.

[znpy → tomatocracy]

WTF, i had no idea that was possible. I have that exact switch (GS1900-24E)... I need to look into that

[stragies → znpy]

Install mosquitto afterwards, add a small script, and the ports all show up in HomeAssistant as power-monitoring ON/OFF switches. :)

[znpy → stragies]

Jesus christ that’s awesome!

[m463 → tomatocracy]

I just bought one of the zyxel 24-port poe switches for use with openwrt.

I've been using openwrt on mikrotik switches, but max was 10-ports. the extra ports and poe will be nice.

I think the zyxel gs1900 48-port switches are also supported.