The most important for me is the function of a managed switch VLAN support. Each port can trunk to be access or mixed set. This works fine and I can isolate my sensitive devices logically from the other home network.
Even the port mirroring for simplified traffic analysis I find very handy (should any have managed switch).
Otherwise, he has plenty of other features that I probably far can not be any use.
I also use IPv6 in the home network. Everything works well so far, but you can not set ACLs on the switch for it.
The c't wrote in the edition 25/2011 to IPv6:
> While the TL-SG3210 forwards IPv6 traffic without complaint
> Continue. But he has no filter for functions,
So> can not access some router advertisements
> Allowable limit sources.
The SFP slots are not the most important for me personally, but must link up who as various departments in a company with each other, for the support SFP is probably essential.
It's my first managed switch and so far I can not say to what extent the user interface as the industry leader Cisco is better structured. For the Cisco products are available, however as far as I have read that often times more updates and IPv6 support as well. However, the prices of the managed Cisco switches are completely out of reach for me.
Delivered the switch with a power cable, 19 "rack-mounting angles (+ screws) and a grounding cable. An RS232 adapter cable for the RJ45 connector on the switch is attending.
My own conclusion: Very well spent almost 90 EUR, the extremely flexible networking my home. Who does not need all the bells and whistles, for he simply serves as a "perfectly ordinary" Switch and is still worth the price.
More information can be found in my blog post about the article (easy to he-googling).
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Update 2013-10-19:
I am still very pleased with the switch and its performance. I've now ordered another copy. For this purpose the 2x multimode SFP module TP-Link TL-SM311LM and a 20m fiber optic cable. So I'm going to continue to tinker on your home network.
To all (Hobby) administrators: If you want to automate the configuration of the switch or obtain the statistical values, etc., can use the command-line tools from the collection TP Link_TL-SG3210_CLI that I have published on Github. I myself get so very simple from the statistical values of the switches. This then passes through a crontab entry on a Raspberry Pi automated regularly. Ginge course via SNMP, but have no Nagios etc. run home.
Note by the way, when you update the firmware (my new has already ex works): The command-line interface will change fundamentally.
Otherwise, I once measured with a AVM FRITZ! DECT 200 the electrical power of the TL-SG3210. This 4 ports were active: 6.2 Watt (very consistent).
