# How I Chose the Best Managed Network Switch for My Home Lab

DevFeed: [How I Chose the Best Managed Network Switch for My Home Lab](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-i-chose-the-best-managed-network-switch-for-my-home-lab-20865.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://linuxblog.io/best-managed-switch-home-lab/>)

Author: Hayden James

Published: 2026-06-29T07:25:47Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Hayden James](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/hayden-james.md>)

Topics: [Homelab](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/homelab.md>), [Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network.md>), [Firewall](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firewall.md>), [Ubiquiti](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ubiquiti.md>)

Tags: [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cybersecurity.md>), [failover](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/failover.md>), [firewall](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firewall.md>), [home-lab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/home-lab.md>), [homelab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/homelab.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [load-balancing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/load-balancing.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [sysadmins](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sysadmins.md>), [ubiquiti](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ubiquiti.md>)

## AI overview

A home-lab network upgrade motivates the author's search for a managed switch with 10G SFP+ uplinks and at least 2.5G LAN ports. The article discusses the author's existing Ubiquiti and Peplink setup, network-security goals, and future expansion plans. A later update says the author chose the TP-Link SG2210XMP-M2, which had run for a year without reported issues.

## Source excerpt

Update (one year later): The verdict is in. I went with the TP-Link SG2210XMP-M2, and after a full year in the rack it's been running flawlessly: fanless, multigig, VLANs and not a single issue. Continue reading...