Kevin P. Fleming wrote:
Sean Kennedy wrote:
Jeeze, how can you NOT justify a 1000 bucks for a PoE switch that has QoS?
I was under the impression that QoS was a requirement for VoIP. Well, not technically, but rationally, I wouldn't set any client up on a VoIP system that didn't have a switch that couldn't push the VoIP packets to the front of the queue.
Uhh, yeah, explain to my customers that have 6-8 phones, 6-8 PCs, a small NAS and a DSL connection that they need a $1000 switch. Go ahead, I dare you :-)
QoS on the internal LAN is not something I am at all concerned about. All the switches are 100Mb full duplex, and have switching fabrics capable of much more than that. Any traffic generated between the PCs and the NAS is not likely to affect VOIP at all. There are no queues being shared between the VOIP phones and any other devices on the network, except for traffic leaving the LAN.
Where these clients _do_ need QoS is on their router that connects to the ISP, but we can handle that, again without spending $1000.
So, I ask again: given the choice between a sub-$100 16-port full-duplex 100Mb switch and external power supplies, and an over-$1000 12-port switch with internal power supply, which do you think is a better value for a small LAN? I can buy $20 3Com PoE bricks and hook them all up to a UPS for a lot less than $900, with the downside being that it will be ugly to look at (and the bricks aren't "real" PoE, but they are close enough for VOIP phones).
Differing styles I'm thinking. Anything more than 4 clients, and I recommend a managed switch ( in most situations ). Now, this might be because my smaller clients tend towards growth. They aren't going to stay small. So I set them up in a way that they will not need to worry about replacing equipment every year, they can just expand with what they have.
If they have any problems with the setup I did for them, that reflects poorly on me and my abilities, and it doesn't make my client happy. Hence, no referrals for me. :) And with VoIP, it's obvious when something isn't working as it should.
Besides, $1000 bucks is a tax right-off. And if you are going to do something, do it right the first time, so you don't have to touch it again.
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