TP-Link Omada ER8411 V1.6 Multi-Gig VPN Router Introduction, Unboxing, Teardown, and Simple Test 

I ended up using Microtik SFP's and setting my BGW320 to 5gbps instead of auto negotiate.

I haven’t used it in Omada yet. I’m have a the same issue with my Ubiquiti stuff right now. I may have other issues. But I’ll keep this in mind in the futurw

There will be more to come also as I get a full deployment going

Hell yeah! Very happy with mine so far. Some road bumps but happy overall. I'll definitely try.

But if they did that then you wouldn't buy their other products lol.

ohhhh awesome. Thanks for the clarification!

I will definitely follow up on the loudness once I get it racked and integrated into a network. They have the 2.5GbE switch TL-SG3210XHP-M2 but as you said, it's only 8 ports lol.

Its coming. It's on the roadmap for Q4 2023 - Q1 2024

@@jasonpapelera7013 Do you have a link to share, I would love to see what is coming exactly :)

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but this is not a switch, just look at the number of ports and their type. if you need multi gig/10gig, get a multi gig/10gig switch. this device with its 1x wan dedicated 10gb sfp+ port can do multi gig via fiber of sfp±-t module on that aspect and the 2nd combo sfp+ port can be used for your multigig needs on the lan side. either plug in directly your sfp+ fiber or sfp+-t module directly to your device or connect its down link to your core multi gig/10gig switch. you make no sense, also 2.5gig in 2023 is stupid and makes no sense. devices that only do 1/2.5gig are not going to come out, if there is nothing now then dont expect dedicated 1/2.5gig devices in the future.... who the fuk are these people

Hopefully it all works out like you plan. DACs are nice. I’m running that today between switches

Thank you

No

That's awesome. It's been pretty rock solid for me so far. glad to hear that you aren't having issues, sets me up for what to expect.

Updating the firmware helped me greatly. When I first got it I should’ve just did a firmware update before I tried to setup everything up my first mistake. After I updated it unplugged it and slowly set it up in my cabinet had no issues setting up the controller. I got Comcast for net and not too sure what speeds but got basic think 120mbps think 10mbps it’s every basic speeds. Speed tests solid 140mbps down and 13mbps up.

I’ll be doing a lot of that here in the future

I’m pretty excited to have one myself. Can’t wait to have it fully deployed

I’ll be doing that soonish but only with the Omada GUI :/ sorry my guy

@@SPXLabs i know a video doing command line would be boring AF for most people so it probably wouldnt make good content; thats probably why you cant really find any good thorough videos on it. I guess i'll just imagine what the commands would be as you click.

lol that and the vast majority of folks aren't looking for command line. Every time I touch command line people are like "im lost" "too hard" or something like that. I don't know what command line would be like on the TP-Link stuff. I've never done it before. Maybe I can whip something up but I wouldn't hold your breath...

@@SPXLabs yeah i guess the run through and then explanation of each command would really bog down a video. but sadly, videos out there don't exist (in its full capacity). most videos are just plug this in to that and viola heres my home network lab setup running redundant nas and proxmox enabled virtual server on esxi routed and redundant via vrrp to two different isp's! you can do it too!

lol yeah. All of my stuff is like that. Most of the videos build on one another and unless you followed along from the start, it’s probably like a mind maze now.

Can’t beat PFSense

Did you got that fixed?

@ No, I returned the router.

@@mogwix To bad there are only a few of this size/feature set :/

No I used the Omada software controller.

Because I already had them. TP Link sent me their modules and I use them now.

I could do that I guess. eventually lol

It depends on how you set it up. If it’s a server where you connect to it than no. If it’s a client to an external vpn server or service than potentially yes.

@@SPXLabs Thank you for your prompt answer, but it did not provide me with an understanding of the VPN in a router. I guess I would still need a VPN service to access other countries websites, for instance, Spain since I live in the US.

Wish I could go from ONT directly into the router. It would be perfect that way.

@@SPXLabs Contact your provider and ask them if they have the SFP module. Then you could bypass the ONT. In canada Sometimes Telus allows this.. ( sometimes)

ATT has a Certificate Authorization service that runs on the Gateway that prevents you from bypassing it. There are ways to do it but it's not worth the trouble.

@@SPXLabs ahh ok. Bummer.

America #1 baby!

Not yet. That’s coming in the future though.

Not that I’m aware of but honestly PFSense is a better firewall and you’d probably want to stick with that instead.

Weird. Should have linked to the right one. Sorry about that. The one's that I am using are the Unifi / Ubiquiti version. I pulled it from my UDM Pro and stuck it into my ER8411 and it worked like you would expect.

V1.6 not sure what if anything has changed.

Good point!

@@SPXLabs good quality caps can last 10 yrs, you won't keep the unit for that long ... by that time the 10 gig speeds are obsolete anyways

I’ll be obsolete by that time

@@SPXLabs lol gpt and skynet will take over ... ask your tplink handler how long they will support this thing with firmware etc - for a firewall that's my decision point, no more updates = useless & unsecure

I don’t know. I don’t have that setup as I only have 1 ISP

I have mine plugged into the SG3210XHP-M2 and it was plug and play. Haven’t experienced any issues so far

LTT Screwdriver

What is slow speeds? That is interesting.

@@SPXLabs Seems to be half the expected speed. I can get around 300 through the wifi APs, 500 wired, when using any SFP+ adapter in Wan port 1 connected to a multi gig 2.5 port on the other side. If I just change it to Wan port 4, which is standard gigabit, I can get gigabit speeds over the network. I've created a support ticket with TPlink, there are other people with the same problem.

@@ThiagoGuedesC I'm going to take a look at this in the coming weeks. I'm a bit busy at the moment. I have TP-Link SFP+ modules. 10GbE ones. Can you email relevant software things I should play with to ensure 10G connections? info at spxlabs.com

Hey @@SPXLabs . Just to let you guys know. Yesterday I had a remote sessions with someone from TPLink. And... news aren't that good. Apparently, according to the support guy I spoke to, this is not compatible. I couldn't really understand the reason, it made no sense to me, but it seems that because the router can understand only 1 or 10g at the optical side, whatever different speed you negotiate at the other side will drop packets. But again, that's what I got from the chat, I could be wrong. I've explained that the use case is exactly the reason why these modules were designed for - to connect SFP+ ports to RJ45 in other speeds but no dice. He promised to take this back to R&D to check, but I honestly don't know what to say at this point. I'd suggest everyone with the same issue opens a ticket so hopefully they can see reason. It made no sense to me why this won't work. It's almost like saying the SFP+ ports are only to be used optical to optical. Then, why would the sell transceivers?

I just started making a video investigating this. I can confirm i can hit 5Gbps. But I can’t remember make and model of my modules at the moment. I plan on showing my entire config which really isn’t anything. And versions. Stay tuned!

Unfortunately I won’t be making a dedicated video about the cloud controller because there really isn’t anything to talk about beyond the software. I have made a video about the different kinds of controllers but not one specifically. All of the “speed” is handled by the router for VPNs. The controller just has software limitations like, the number of users with accounts. So not really review worthy IMO

@@SPXLabs Thank you for the clarification. I was hoping iot did more like give you a unified view of multiple locations and devices and enterprise-wide capabilities. but your information kon this is stiull useful to me. I am looking at a multi-site deployment with centralized control from a master NoC.

Heyooo

If one power supply fails, the other will activate and keep the unit running.

@@SPXLabs Great! That is useful in many ways.

lol right! there is no CRTL+F feature

Totally! But unfortunately due to an NDA and a big payout from the country who has 5TH generation fighters. I can’t disclose this information at this time.

@@SPXLabs HA HA ! nice

Using the Omada Software Controller which has been extensively shown. I'd highly recommend always using the Omada Software Controller with the Omada hardware line up.

😴

Nothing stopping you from building a custom pfsense router that runs the Omada Controller Software as a container

Cheaper than an hour with you, that’s for sure.

But it if it did it wouldn't be as electrifying for people. The shock value would be diminished for sure.

It says router in the thumbnail because it’s a router….

@Frank_NY I wonder what's the use for it then besides having a server that has multiple clients with a 1Gt card or connecting a 10GT switch using SPD+.

@Frank_NY Personally I would like a router that I can pair with a 10GT switch. So even the amount of 10GT ports aren't an issue for me directly. I think the 1G ports are just "wasted" if the main purpose if this device is mostly routing.

Nobody is saying it’s perfect just really saying it’s pretty and laid out well. It’s fun to hate on Apple all day but there is no doubting how they generally lead the rest of the tech world in design styling and pushing standards. Sucks it’s got to be that way but it is. I think this product was designed to be as cost effective as possible, so in reality it’s as cheaply made as possible yes.

🤔 I’ll give it a whirl soon. Pretty sure it does work.