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I purchased the TP-Link Omada SG3428XPP-M2 in March 2025 to put in my homelab. At the same time, I was upgrading to 10Gbe SFP+ across the network so this switch fit the bill perfectly. I’m a very electricity-conscious consumer, so I did thorough testing for idle power consumption and incremental power usage as I added each device.
Switch Features:
- 8 × 2.5G PoE++ ports (up to 60 W PoE out per port)
- 16 × 2.5G PoE+ ports (up to 30 W PoE out per port)
- 4 × 10G SFP+ slots
- 500 W total PoE budget
- VLAN, ACL, QoS, IGMP Snooping, OAM, and DDM
See the official product page for more details and footnotes.
Adding the Switch to Omada SDN
Omada makes it dead-simple to do this, just connect the switch to another switch in your network then open Omada, then “Add Device” and within a minute it shows up in your network. For the initial setup I connected it to a regular 2.5Gbe port and did not need to use the physical management port.
Omada SG3428XPP-M2 Power Consumption
All measurements were taken with a PN1500 Watt Meter.
| Switch Configuration | Total Power Usage at the Wall (Watts) | Incremental Power Usage at the Wall (Watts) |
|---|---|---|
| Omada SG3428XPP-M2 Idle, with nothing plugged in | 23.68 | |
| + 2.5Gbe connection, non-PoE, with active data transfer | 24.39 | 0.71 |
| + 2.5Gbe connection, non-PoE, with active data transfer | 25.15 | 0.76 |
| + SFP28 DAC Running at 10Gbe, without active data transfer (this was tested then replaced with AOC below) | 25.29 | 0.14 |
| + SFP+ AOC Running at 10Gbe, without active data transfer (this replaced DAC above) | 25.93 | 0.78 |
| + Omada OC200 SDN Controller | 30.64 | 4.71 |
| + Reolink 4k RLC-811A | 36.04 | 5.4 |
| + 2 x Omada EAP245 V3 Access Points | 47.28 | 11.24 (5.62 per AP) |
| + 5 x 2k IP cameras | 67.04 | 19.76 (3.952 per camera) |
Compatible Cables (DACs and AOCs)
From Amazon
- 10Gtek 25G SFP28 DAC, Intel version since it’s paired with an XXC710 (see compatible NICs here: Unraid at 10Gbe and 25Gbe with the X710-DA2 and XXV710-DA2)
From AliExpress
Current Network Topology
Omada SDN makes it easy to map out your topology. Here’s my current setup. Not shown on the screen is my Mikrotik CRS310-8G+2S+IN.
Core Switch – TP-Link Omada SG3428XPP-M2
This is the core of the network and offers 10Gbe SFP+ to Unraid and to my desktop switch Mikrotik CRS310-8G+2S+IN. It also offer 2.5Gbe PoE+ for the Omada Access Points that I’ll be buying next. Also, my Proxmox servers both have 2.5Gbe NICs, so I can maximize the connection speed because the core switch supports this connection speed natively.
Auxiliary switches for extra PoE+ – TP-Link Omada TL-SG2008P and TP-Link Omada TL-SG2210P V3
These served me well for three years, but as I got more devices I started to run out of ports. I’m keeping them on the network for future Raspberry Pis and Mini PCs.
Access Points – TP-LInk Omada EAP245 V3
These served me well for three years as well. However, I got my eyes on the Wi-Fi 7 Omada EAP773. The EAP773 are my recommendation for anyone looking for access points in 2025.
Firewall and Router – Anyrevo N5095
Technically I have an older Anyrevo firewall, but I’m linking you to the one I would get today. See my posts TP-Link Omada and pfSense Setup for 2023 (Updated for July 2024) and pfSense TP-Link Omada Home Network. TL;DR, pfSense and Omada, and now with Mikrotik added as well can a work in harmony without any issues whatsoever.