So, a whole new line of 19" rack mount switches is out…which is cool. However those of us who do more deployments with Peplink gear in challenging environments such as enclosures and tight spots have been left “out in the cold” for lack of a better term.
Where are the replacements for the 8-port and 16-port rugged switches? I am led to believe by some other posts on here by distributors that the chipsets used in the previous versions were no longer available, but I imagined a replacement would have been chosen by now.
I am particularly interested in this, because I had changed out about half of my existing deployments with Peplink models to replace older switches when these were discontinued, leaving me in a somewhat “stuck” position. I’d like to continue changing these out, but if a suitably comparable model doesn’t come out soon I will probably be forced to abandon the product line and go another direction.
I noticed in April that a 24-port rugged model had resurfaced without its smaller brothers. Does this mean that the lesser port count units are trailing shortly behind the 24-port model? If someone has insight on this, please do let me know - it would definitely help with planning. Thanks!