On Thu, 18 Nov 2004, Kevin P. Fleming wrote:
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
Kevin P. Fleming wrote:
Sean Kennedy wrote:
http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=568864
Can anyone tell me if this switch will be able to supply a Cisco 7940
phone with power? I've heard of PoE issues with differing switches
and the like, and I don't know how to check to see if
Jeb Campbell wrote:
Actually the Netgear FSM7326P does work (we have 4 of them). And they
work with regular PoE. Great price for layer 3, 24 ports of 10/100 PoE,
and 2 gigabit.
It would be nice if Netgear would bother to document that on their
website and/or data sheet :-)
Then again, they
Kevin P. Fleming wrote:
Jeb Campbell wrote:
Actually the Netgear FSM7326P does work (we have 4 of them). And
they work with regular PoE. Great price for layer 3, 24 ports of
10/100 PoE, and 2 gigabit.
It would be nice if Netgear would bother to document that on their
website and/or data
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
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
Sean Kennedy wrote:
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
Yeah, that's definitely a very different style. In an office with 6
PCs, exactly who is ever going to run the management application for
that switch? Do any of the staff at that location even have a clue
what any of that information is for? I'd be surprised if any of my
clients even cared
