Being that the WISP SWITCH is really the first product from Netonix I wasn't sure how it would drive or how well it would work, but knowing Chris I had no doubts he had put countless hours of thought into the process as well as engineered it with communication with folks who are in the industry every day. While Chris was upstairs working with the software team I managed to grab two of the Netonix 24 port switches and put them in my vehicle, to test when I returned home.
I was not let down. And just to prove I haven't been paid off... here is the good, the bad and the ugly (actually I'm not sure there is any ugly).
When you initially log into the switch you are presented with a pop-up box, instead of a web based login form... personally I'd prefer a webbased login form... but this is hardly a show stopper: (note the default username is "netonix" not "admin")
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The main status tab is nicely laid out, giving me a quick view of what's going on and the status of all of my ports:
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This includes the "Christmas Tree" layout of the switch at the top. I'll admit, at first glance this can be very confusing, but take 10 minutes to familiarize yourself with the colors and it's a quick glance to know what's going on on your ports. One other nice feature of this switch is historical data retention. Assuming the switch has not been power cycled, you can click the 30sec/5min/1hour history buttons at the bottom right of the status page to see what's been going on in your network! COOL!
I can quickly see the description of the port, it's status, voltage (WITH CURRENT WATTS DRAWN!!!) and total TX/RX stats. There is also an errors counter, which can be clicked to bring up more details on any errors that may be accumulating on a switch port.
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There's nothing super special under the "Ports" tab. Just an easy to configure interface for each port. Checking more than one port reveals a new line item at the very top which can be used to mass configure similar changes on all checked ports. Unchecking a port from the "stats" column will either include or exclude that port from the global TX/RX stats (useful if you only care about seeing a backhaul, or a group of APs):
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And because this forum is a bear for attaching images *cough*, Chris... continuing this in the next post.
