TP-Link T1500-28PCT Smart PoE Switch
The TP-Link T1500-28PCT is a smart PoE switch designed as a cost-effective solution for small and medium-sized businesses requiring reliable Layer 2 access with advanced management, security, and QoS features.
Key Features
Flexible PoE Deployment
- 24 × 10/100 Mbps RJ45 ports with IEEE 802.3af/at-compliant PoE
- Total PoE power budget: 250 W
- Efficient for powering 802.3af/at-compliant devices such as:
- Wireless access points
- Surveillance cameras
- IP phones
- Other PoE-supported devices
- Helps eliminate the need for separate power lines and simplifies cabling
- Compact and flexible design, suitable for projects or small business networks
Versatile Connectivity
- 24 × 10/100 Mbps RJ45 ports (Auto Negotiation/Auto MDI/MDIX)
- 2 × 10/100/1000 Mbps RJ45 ports (Auto Negotiation/Auto MDI/MDIX)
- 2 × combo Gigabit uplink RJ45/SFP ports
- Enables flexible network expansion and reliable uplink options
Advanced QoS for Voice, Video, and Data
- Rich QoS policies (L2–L4) for more granular traffic management
- Traffic prioritization through:
- Port Priority
- 802.1P Priority
- DSCP Priority
- Helps ensure clear, smooth, and jitter-free voice and video
- Voice VLAN support for improved performance of voice applications
Comprehensive Layer 2 Features
- 802.1Q tag VLAN
- Port Isolation, Port Mirroring
- STP/RSTP/MSTP support
- Link Aggregation Group (static and 802.3ad LACP)
- 802.3x Flow Control and HOL blocking prevention
Network maintenance tools:
- Loop Back Detection
- Cable Diagnostics
- IGMP Snooping (with IGMP throttling & filtering)
- Intelligent multicast forwarding to appropriate subscribers
- Port-level multicast restriction to prevent unauthorized access
Enterprise-Level Security
- Storm Control for Broadcast, Multicast, and Unknown Unicast storms
- IP-MAC-Port Binding, DHCP Snooping, ARP Inspection, Source Guard
- DoS defense and static/dynamic port security
- Access control via 802.1X, MAC-based authentication, and ACLs
- Secure management via HTTPS/SSL and SSH
Easy Management & Monitoring
- Intuitive web-based Graphical User Interface (GUI)
- CLI management via Telnet
- SNMP v1/v2c/v3 support for centralized monitoring
- RMON support for status polling and event traps
- Omada integration for centralized, cloud-based, or controller-based management
- Zero-Touch Provisioning (with Omada Cloud-Based Controller)
Hardware Specifications
| Category | Specification |
|---|---|
| Product | TP-Link Smart PoE Switch T1500-28PCT (TL-SL2428P) |
| Standards & Protocols | IEEE 802.3i, 802.3u, 802.3ab, 802.3z, 802.3ad, 802.3x, 802.3az, 802.1d, 802.1s, 802.1w, 802.1q, 802.1x, 802.1p, 802.3af, 802.3at |
| Interfaces | 24 × 10/100 Mbps RJ45; 2 × 10/100/1000 Mbps RJ45; 2 × combo Gigabit RJ45/SFP |
| Network Media | 10BASE-T: UTP Cat 3/4/5 (max 100 m); 100BASE-TX/1000BASE-T: UTP Cat 5/5e+; 1000BASE-X: MMF, SMF |
| Fan Quantity | 2 |
| Physical Security Lock | Yes |
| PoE Budget | 250 W |
| Dimensions (W × D × H) | 17.3 × 7.1 × 1.7 in (440 × 180 × 44 mm) |
| Mounting | Rack mountable |
Power Consumption
| Version | Max Power Consumption |
|---|---|
| V4.2 | 286.7 W (220 V / 50 Hz with 250 W PD connected); 18.8 W (220 V / 50 Hz with no PD connected) |
| V5 | 293.6 W (110 V / 60 Hz with 250 W PD connected) |
| V6 | 291.6 W (110 V / 60 Hz with 250 W PD connected) |
Heat Dissipation
| Version | Max Heat Dissipation |
|---|---|
| V4.2 | 977.6 BTU/h (220 V / 50 Hz with 250 W PD connected); 64.1 BTU/h (no PD) |
| V5 | 1001.2 BTU/h (110 V / 60 Hz with 250 W PD connected) |
| V6 | 995.09 BTU/h (110 V / 60 Hz with 250 W PD connected) |
Performance
| Feature | Specification |
|---|---|
| Switching Capacity | 12.8 Gbps |
| Packet Forwarding Rate | 9.5 Mpps |
| MAC Address Table | 8K |
| Jumbo Frame | 9216 Bytes |
Software Features
Quality of Service (QoS)
- 802.1p CoS / DSCP priority
- 8 priority queues
- Scheduling: SP (Strict Priority), WRR (Weighted Round Robin) with queue weight configuration
- Bandwidth control: Port/flow-based rate limiting
- Flow actions: Mirror, Redirect, Rate Limit, QoS Remark
- Storm Control:
- Multiple control modes (kbps/ratio/pps)
- Broadcast/Multicast/Unknown-Unicast control
Layer 2 Features
- Link Aggregation:
- Static aggregation
- Up to 8 aggregation groups, up to 8 ports per group
-
802.3ad LACP
-
Spanning Tree:
- 802.1D STP
- 802.1w RSTP
- 802.1s MSTP
-
STP Security: Loop back detection, TC Protect, BPDU Filter/Protect, Root Protect
-
Loopback Detection:
- Port-based
-
VLAN-based
-
Flow Control:
- 802.3x flow control
-
HOL blocking prevention
-
Mirroring:
- Port mirroring: One-to-One, Many-to-One, Tx/Rx/Both
- CPU mirroring
L2 Multicast
- Supports 511 (IPv4, IPv6) IGMP groups
- IGMP Snooping (v1/v2/v3), Fast Leave, Snooping Querier
- IGMP Authentication
- MVR support
- MLD Snooping (v1/v2), Fast Leave, Snooping Querier
- Static group configuration
- Limited IP multicast
- Multicast filtering: 256 profiles, 16 entries per profile
VLAN
- Up to 4K VLAN groups
- 802.1Q tagged VLAN
- MAC VLAN (12 entries)
- Protocol VLAN (16 protocol templates, 16 protocol VLANs)
- Private VLAN
- GVRP
- VLAN VPN (QinQ), Port-Based QinQ, Selective QinQ
- Voice VLAN
Access Control List (ACL)
- Time-based ACL
- MAC ACL:
- Source/Destination MAC, VLAN ID, User Priority, Ether Type
- IP ACL:
- Source/Destination IP, Fragment, IP Protocol, TCP Flag, TCP/UDP Port, DSCP/IP TOS, User Priority
- Combined ACL and Packet Content ACL
- IPv6 ACL
- Policy actions:
- Mirroring, Redirect, Rate Limit, QoS Remark
- ACL apply to Port/VLAN
Security
- IP-MAC-Port Binding, DHCP Snooping, ARP Inspection, IPv4 Source Guard
- IPv6-MAC-Port Binding, DHCPv6 Snooping, ND Detection, IPv6 Source Guard
- DoS defense
- Static/Dynamic Port Security (up to 64 MAC addresses per port)
- Storm Control for Broadcast/Multicast/Unicast (kbps/ratio/pps)
- IP/Port/MAC-based access control
802.1X & Authentication:
- Port-based and MAC-based 802.1X authentication
- VLAN assignment, MAB, Guest VLAN
- RADIUS authentication and accounting
- AAA (including TACACS+)
- Port Isolation
Secure Management:
- HTTPS with SSLv3/TLS 1.2
- SSH v1/v2 for CLI
IPv6 Features
- Dual IPv4/IPv6 stack
- MLD Snooping
- IPv6 ACL, IPv6 interface
- Static IPv6 routing
- IPv6 neighbor discovery (ND)
- Path MTU discovery
- ICMPv6, TCPv6/UDPv6
IPv6 Applications:
- DHCPv6 Client
- Ping6, Tracert6
- Telnet (v6)
- IPv6 SNMP
- IPv6 SSH
- IPv6 SSL
- HTTP/HTTPS
- IPv6 TFTP
L3 Features
- 16 IPv4/IPv6 interfaces
- Static Routing: 48 static routes
- Static ARP: 128 static entries
- ARP Entries: 316
- Proxy ARP, Gratuitous ARP
- DHCP Server
- DHCP Relay: Interface relay, VLAN relay, L2 relay
Advanced & Management Features
Advanced Features
- Automatic device discovery
- Batch configuration
- Batch firmware upgrading
- Intelligent network monitoring
- Abnormal event warnings
- Unified configuration
- Reboot schedule
MIB Support
- MIB II (RFC1213)
- Interface MIB (RFC2233)
- Ethernet Interface MIB (RFC1643)
- Bridge MIB (RFC1493)
- P/Q-Bridge MIB (RFC2674)
- RMON MIB (RFC2819), RMON2 MIB (RFC2021)
- Radius Accounting Client MIB (RFC2620)
- Radius Authentication Client MIB (RFC2618)
- Remote Ping/Traceroute MIB (RFC2925)
- TP-Link private MIBs
Omada Centralized Management
- Omada App (with OC300, OC200, Omada Cloud-Based Controller, or Omada Software Controller)
- Centralized Management via:
- Omada Cloud-Based Controller
- Omada Hardware Controller (OC300, OC200)
- Omada Software Controller
- Cloud Access (with Omada controllers)
- Zero-Touch Provisioning (with Omada Cloud-Based Controller)
Management Interfaces
- Web-based GUI
- CLI via Telnet
- SNMP v1/v2c/v3, SNMP Trap/Inform
- RMON (1, 2, 3, 9 groups)
- SDM template
- DHCP/BOOTP Client
- Dual image, dual configuration
- CPU monitoring
- Cable diagnostics
- EEE
- SNTP
- System log
Certifications
- CE
- FCC
- RoHS
Package Contents
- TL-SL2428P (T1500-28PCT Switch)
- Power Cord
- Installation Guide
- Rackmount Kit
- Rubber Feet
System Requirements
- Microsoft Windows 98SE, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7/8/10/11
- MAC OS
- NetWare
- UNIX
- Linux
Environmental Specifications
- Operating Temperature: 0°C ~ 50°C (32°F ~ 122°F)
- Storage Temperature: -40°C ~ 70°C (-40°F ~ 158°F)
- Operating Humidity: 10% ~ 90% non-condensing
- Storage Humidity: 5% ~ 90% non-condensing
