You will have a hard time finding a 24 port POE without fans - too high of a power density. Do you really need 24 ports? perhaps a 12x12 otherwise multiple 8 or 12 port models may work
Do let us know if you find a 24 port without fans. On Jan 31, 2009, at 2:06 PM, Claus Herwig wrote: > Hello, > >> I need to put a 24 port Gig PoE switch into a small office – no >> computer >> room / rack etc. All CAT5 terminates near the owners desk (smart >> huh?). > > I had a similar problem some days ago. 24-port GBit Switch in the > middle > of a classroom... > > I ended up with a kind of "semi-loud" setup: I bought a 3Com 3CBLSG > switch (this is without PoE, but there is a PoE version of it). There > are two quite noisy 40x40x10 fans inside. I replaced the two with one > 40x40x20 ebmPapst silent fan (model 412/2, 18dB), left the other fan > offline and mounted the whole thing vertically so that convection > supports the remaining fan. I tried with two silent fans (enough space > inside), but this still was too noisy. > > Some measurement indicates the cooling is sufficient this way. But > understand that I've no long term data, as I installed this setup just > two weeks ago. And of course your warranty is void ;-) > > Greets, > Claus > > -- > CHECON EDV-Consulting und Redaktion > Claus Herwig * Barer Straße 70 * 80799 München > +49 89 27826981 * Fax 27826982 * c.her...@checon.de > > > _______________________________________________ > -- 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 _______________________________________________ -- 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