need a 24 port POE Giga Switch ... talk to me :)

[rich1231]

reccomendations please of cheap switch as above

[Tallbut Buxomly]

Cisco catalyst should do.

[ErnestM]

managed or unmanaged?

[arcturus]

All ports POE or will 12 POE and 12 non POE do?

[Ash 996 GT2]

ErnestM said:

managed or unmanaged?

Never ever go unmanaged, I troubleshoot networks for a living.

Depends on your budget.

I prefer Cisco, but not the express 500, they are terrible, but look at HP as an alternative.

[ErnestM]

Ash 996 GT2 said:

ErnestM said:

managed or unmanaged?

Never ever go unmanaged, I troubleshoot networks for a living.

Depends on your budget.

I prefer Cisco, but not the express 500, they are terrible, but look at HP as an alternative.

I agree. He said "cheap" though. 3com also do some good stuff.

[Xenocide]

Cisco cat 3750E-24PD

[paddyhasneeds]

Xenocide said:

Cisco cat 3750E-24PD

What would you suggest if he wanted an expensive one?

[Xenocide]

paddyhasneeds said:

Xenocide said:

Cisco cat 3750E-24PD

What would you suggest if he wanted an expensive one?

Cisco cat 3750E-48PD-F

[paddyhasneeds]

Cisco SGE2000P or SGE2000P maybe?

[rich1231]

Unmanaged is fine, its not shifting an awdul lot of data. The poe is key for a few ip phones and ip cct cameras

[paddyhasneeds]

Do you actually need gig ethernet other than an uplink?

[Tallbut Buxomly]

3com are ok but can be a bit basic/fragile. Cisco kit rarely goes wrong or fails other than the cooling fans but that normally only becomes a problem if badly sited in a dusty environment.

[anonymous-user]

3com stuff seems st-unreliable.

[rich1231]

paddyhasneeds said:

Do you actually need gig ethernet other than an uplink?

Not as important as the 24 POE ports

[RoadRailer]

Draytek do reasonably priced POE switches.

Rest of their gear is bombproof.

[Plotloss]

Netgear FS728TP

[Gibby78]

I work for HP doing secure network management, in a lot of customer establishments we've got Cisco 3750's in and they are superb but thats only as the service provider runs EIGRP, if you don't need anything cisco proprietry then the HP ProCurve stuff is very good and reasonably priced.

[bogie]

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/163960

Netgear GS748TP if you want all gig and poe - £750 ish with lifetime warranty

Id only spec Cisco (and pay the premium) if you need it to integrate with other Cisco kit or have plans for a huge roll out of Cisco kit and budget isnt issue

actual switching hardware at this level, is a commodity these days, and it all comes from the same few factories in China - its the software that sits on top that you pay for, and any level of support you get (without paying for "premium" packages)

...if you dont need Cisco IOS for other reasons/benefits, then its just complexity for no benefit for a novice/small business customer who doesnt have 1/2 dozen Cisco qualified network techies working for them

[Accelebrate]

Depends on the application, there's potentially less to go wrong with an unmanaged switch.