ZYXEL XGS1250-12 1/2.5/5/10G Switch - Unboxing - Specification & Features Overview

The XGS1250-12 is a multi-gigabit web-managed switch from ZYXEL. It has 12 ports: 8 x 100/1000M ports, 3 x 1/2.5/5/10G RJ45 ports and 1 x 1/10G Ethernet SFP+ cage. It has a simple web manegent interface where you can configure VLAN (802.1q VLAN and PVID), Static Link Aggregation, QoS (802.1p and Port-based), IGMP Snooping and Port Mirroring, etc
The switch is ideal for home network or SME network, where there is a need to connect devices with different link speed and connectors. For example, the 3 x Multi-Gigabit RJ45 switch ports can used to connect to an upstream router, or a high performance WiFi6 access point with the 2.5GbE port. The 1G/10G SFP+ port will be a great choice to connect to a NAS (network attached storage) or to extend the network via a Fiber cable.
XGS1250-12 is very solid with the metal casing. Even though it has a built-in fan which will automatically start when the temperature is high, the switch works silently most of the time. At the same time, it is energy-efficient and only consumes around 12W when all the ports are are fully occupied.
The XGS1250-12 is a web-managed switch, yet it is also plug-and-play. There is no need to configure anything in order to use it, except for changing the default password.
If you enjoy using open-source OS, I have a good news. The XGS1250-12 is supported by OpenWRT. All the functions are working fine, except for the SFP+ cage.
In this video, I am going to unbox the XGS1250-12 switch. After that, we will have a detailed overview of the ports, features and the web management interface walkthrough.

Video timeframe:
00:00 - Zyxel XGS1250-12 Specification & Features Highlight
01:28 - The Zyxel XGS1250-12 is supported by OpenWRT
01:56 - Unboxing the Zyxel XGS1250-12
03:10 - I/O & Connector Overview
05:16 - Access the Web Management UI
06:23 - System Tab
03:32 - Port Tab
08:12 - VLAN Tab
09:04 - Link Aggregation Tab
09:40 - Mirroring Tab
09:59 - QoS Tab
10:32 - IGMP Snooping Tab
10:46 - Management Tab
11:51 - What to do on the First login
12:03 - The XGS1250-12 Power Consumption
13:26 - The XGS1250-12 Applications

Resources:
- XGS1250-12 Product Homepage - https://www.zyxel.com/global/en/products/switch/12-port-web-managed-multi-gigabit-switch-includes-3-port-10g-and-1-port-10g-sfp
- XGS1250-12 OpenWRT - https://openwrt.org/toh/zyxel/xgs1250-12

Thank you ZyXEL team, especially Jamie and Harry for sending me the switch.
Thank you for watching and see you in the next video!