Let's Teardown a Forty Quid Managed Switch

Last week the "SODOLA 6 Port 2.5Gb Web Managed Switch, 4 x 2.5G Base-T & 2 x 10G SFP+" showed up on my recommendation feed for less than £40. A managed switch with multi-gig ports, for that cheap, was begging for a teardown! Once it arrived, a quick scan of the labels revealed I'd received an SL902-SWTGW124AS. I was initially shocked that the switch wasn't better packaged, but I suppose for the…