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July 31st, 2013 12:00

Looking for a Fanless or run quiet Layer 3 Gigabit Switch

Trust me I have looked and had to return switch upon switches for not having what what i want.

Like the topic says, I am looking for a layer 3 switch that is at least 24 - 48 ports that is has gigabit on all ports. Don't care if it is POE or not. Don't care if it has SFP or not. Bottom line, it has to be a quiet switch comes or does not come with built-in cooling fan.

Is this just a pipe dream of mine or is Dell just like other vendors out there?

Thanks,

Prince

  • PrinceSly

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    Posted July 31st, 2013 13:00

    Thanks. I saw the 2808. Do you know of any with fan(s) that is probably the most quiet?

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    Posted July 31st, 2013 18:00

    Yeah, might be more in the pipe dream category.  I have full L3 Cisco/Linksys SG300-20 for my home lab for the same criteria you gave (L3, and no fans).  That was really the only one I could find at the time.  And most with fans will be disappointingly loud.  Just a byproduct of throwing in a 1/2" fan and trying to move x amount of air.

    Please share if you eventually find one.

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    Posted July 31st, 2013 20:00

    Thanks for the share...I'll have to check it out. I heard Juniper offers good layer 3 gigabit switches that's fan-less. HP had a good one but it was 10/100...come on Dell! Its 2013 already :)

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    Posted March 29th, 2024 09:46

    I have the HPE 1920S 24G switch that it is Layer 2 and Layer 3, fanless and 25cm depth.

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    Posted August 7th, 2026 13:43

    Dell EMC N1124T-ON switch. It provides both Layer 2 and Layer 3 functionality, is completely silent (fanless), has a depth of approximately 25 cm, and includes 24 x 1GbE RJ45 ports and 4 x 10GbE SFP+ ports.

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