GUI – Management Settings
The last section isn’t very exciting, but necessary: the management settings.
Update Firmware
The first management function is quite vital, updating the firmware. The function is quite simple as it only allows for a local update from a file. The latest version can be found on the product page within the Downloads section. At the time of this review, version 2.0.5.2 is the latest. It was released on January 28th, 2018.
Back Up and Restore Settings
Once you’ve made all your settings as you want them, it could be a great idea to visit the backup and restore section. If you make a backup now, it’s easy to restore everything to a working state after a mess-up.
Reboot and Initialise
These two functions explain themselves, and I don’t need to say more.
Statistics
There is a limited statistic too which will show received and send packets and octets for each port.
Network Diagnostics
The last function I have to show is the network diagnostics. They’re simple and come without extra settings options, but they’re still useful.
You can ping a connected device.
And you can run a traceroute for it too.
“These kind of fans aren’t silent, but they aren’t as loud as other’s I’ve heard. Still, it might be worth upgrading them with something like Noctua’s NF-A4x20.”
I can tell you for a FACT that the Noctuas do NOT work in this switch, so don’t waste $30 on a pair of them. After the switch is up and running, it drops the fan header voltage back to only 7v (down from 12v during start-up), and the Noctuas won’t even try to spin at that voltage. Just for fun, I tried out some 80mm fans after modifying the 3 pin header to work in the BS-MP2008. Turns out that if the fan isn’t spinning fast enough, the DIAG light on the front of the switch flashes all the time. So picking an aftermarket replacement isn’t as easy as the author of this article makes it out to be.
Regarding the original fans, the BS-MP2008 uses a pair of Deltas that are horribly out of balance, which gives them a weird sound when running, even at the lower speed caused by running them at 7v. If you fire one up loose in your hand, it literally bounces around, that’s how bad they are. I’m sure there is a quiet, smooth running Sunon MagLev fan out there that will work in this unit, but it’s proving elusive to find.
Nice article. It would be nice to know what “silent” fans do work well.
You can off-course also replace the fan with a higher quality, less noise one, using another 12-volt connection. It should be fairly straightforward, if you like modding stuff.
I also replaced the fans in my noisy Ubiquity 48-PoE switch with the Noctuas. But fortunately you can use the existing 12v connections in the Ubiquity, no modding required.