EdgeRouter PoE (ERPoe-5) has three ports specified for switching function - eth2, eth3, and eth4 can be configured for switching using the EdgeOS Configuration Interface. In EdgeRouter PoE, bridged interfaces are not enabled for hardware offloading.
EdgeRouter SFP (ER-X-SFP) has all six ports configurable for Line-rate, Layer-2 switching (5 Gigabit RJ45 Ports and 1 SFP Port). The hot-swappable SFP Port supports a 100 Mbps or Gigabit fiber SFP module. Finally, in EdgeRouter SFP bridged interfaces are enabled for hardware offloading. The command to enable offloading is ‘hwnat’.
Now the similarities:
• Work great in a SOHO (Small Office Home Office) setup
• Offered at great price-performance ratio
• Not plug and play routers -require an understanding of networking basics for easy setup
• Similar features for hardware offloading (with the exception cited above) and IPsec Offloading
The two routers are compared in details below:
EdgeRouter PoE | EdgeRouter X-SFP |
Model | Model |
Gigabit Ports | Gigabit Ports |
SFP Ports | SFP Ports |
Switch Chip | Switch Chip |
Max Consumption (Without PoE) | Max Consumption (Without PoE) |
Power Input | Power Input |
DC Voltage | DC Voltage |
PoE Output | PoE Output |
PoE OUT Port Count | PoE OUT Port Count |
PoE OUT Voltage | PoE OUT Voltage |
PoE OUT Max. Total | PoE OUT Max. Total |
Networking Interfaces | Networking Interfaces |
Routing (Fast-Path) - 1518 bytes packets | Routing (Fast-Path) - 1518 bytes packets |
Routing (Fast-Path) - 64 bytes packets | Routing (Fast-Path) - 64 bytes packets |
Power | Power |
LEDs Per Port | LEDs Per Port |
Processor Hardware Acceleration for Packet Processing | Processor |
System Memory | System Memory |
Storage | Storage |
Wall-Mount | Wall-Mount |
Operating Temperature | Operating Temperature |
Operating Humidity | Operating Humidity |
Max. Power Consumption | Max. Power Consumption |
Dimensions | Dimensions |
Weight | Weight |
Both EdgeRouter PoE and EdgeRouter SFP work as great SOHO routers and can be setup easily by someone informed about networking basics.
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