Why? You might as well just buy a new PBX or upgrade the existing one and run it on the existing infrastructure if you're going to do that. Doesn't get you any cost savings...
Thanks, Brian Desmond [email protected] c – 312.731.3132 > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 3:16 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Managed Switches... > > +1 on the HP switches. > > Further recommendation (which I know won't fly, but I'll make it > anyway): Pull the cable needed to keep VoIP separate from everything else, > and get VoIP its own infrastructure. > > Kurt > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 11:05, Reimer, Mark <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > > > > > I need some opinions. > > > > > > > > Up until now (don’t laugh), we have been using unmanaged switches, and > > it’s been working. But we hope to implement a VOIP system (probably > > based on Asterix software), and there are other factors (VLAN’s for > > one) that will require us to install managed switches. > > > > > > > > I know Cisco is the cream of the crop, and the most expensive. I’ve > > heard that HP is quite good as well. > > > > > > > > So, without starting too many flame wars, can people make a > > recommendation, (or a “unrecommendation”)? > > > > > > > > This would be for one physical location, looking at 150-200 drops > > scattered throughout campus (we are an educational institution). We > > are planning to use the current Ethernet wiring (CAT 5 or better in > > all places), with the phone and computer using the same physical wire. > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > > > > > Mark Reimer, A+, MCSA > > > > Windows Servers & Networking > > > > Prairie Bible Institute > > > > Box 4000 > > > > Three Hills, AB T0M-2N0 > > > > Canada > > > > Tel: 403-443-5511, Ext. 3476 > > > > Fax: 403-443-5540 > > > > Email: [email protected] > > > > www.prairie.edu > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
