Interesting project.
For simpler use you can get an OpenWRT capable router which in most cases uses a managed switch chip. OpenWRT provides a nice interface to configure VLANs and other options.
For simpler use you can get an OpenWRT capable router which in most cases uses a managed switch chip. OpenWRT provides a nice interface to configure VLANs and other options.
RTL8X is AFAIC done, feature-complete. https://svanheule.net/switches/
POE on those devices is mostly two types: Broadcom (well supported), and Realteks inhouse solution, which uses a 'dialect' of the Broadcom protocol. There is a git branch/PR, where the 'dialect' differences have been moved to individual modules. But it's not released yet. https://github.com/Hurricos/realtek-poe/pull/35
Unfortunately, there seem to be hard problems migrating up from Linux 5.15 to 6.1 or 6.6.
I've been using openwrt on mikrotik switches, but max was 10-ports. the extra ports and poe will be nice.
I think the zyxel gs1900 48-port switches are also supported.