On Oct 29, 2008, at 10:10 AM, Darrick Hartman wrote: > David Gibbons wrote: >> Two separate networks? Did I miss something? I feel like I'm taking >> crazy pills! Two separate physical networks means twice the hassle, >> twice the maintenance, twice the cost, twice the headache. Not to >> mention the fact that the whole idea of VOIP is to simplify IT and >> focus on converging data and voice networks. >> >> This is what VLANs and QOS do best. I dare say it's what they were >> designed foe. I can't think of any reason that I would ever recommend >> two ports per desk to support telephony -- ever. It's ludicrous to >> think that two ports will be better than one if we're setting up our >> VLANs and QOS properly. A phone takes very, very little bandwidth >> away from the desktop and a decent one will support tagging its >> frames for the alternate voice VLAN. > > EVER? What about Gigabit networks with 10/100 phones? While some > Gigabit phones are available, gigabit POE switches are not cheap, > while > non-POE gigabit switches are pretty cheap and most business class > desktops these days come with gigabit network connections. In a new > wiring install I almost always insist on two jacks per location rather > than relying on pass-thru connectors on phones. Try giving a few > users > gigabit access to an Exchange server, then taking it away. They will > certainly not be happy!
I always considered myself to be rather tight on budget, but maybe I have more money available than most. We use the SGE2000P LinkSys Gigabit, Managed, PoE switches and they work great. I get them for about $800, which is just under $200 more than the non-PoE version. I don't find that to be an excessive price since most decent managed non- PoE switches are in the $500-$600 range (I'm sorry, I just can't bring myself to buy a D-Link or NetGear Gigabit managed switch for $300 to run my entire network on, maybe they are fine but they always struck me as a "small player" so to speak). Daniel > Darrick _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
