If you going to run a new cat5 why wouldn't you just do a FTTH application?  
Anyways You can pick up decent cisco switches on ebay.  I use all cisco on my 
mdu applications. 

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> On Nov 2, 2016, at 1:43 PM, Colton Conor <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I am in need of a recommendation for a small Ethernet switch for an MDU 
> applications. This is a garden style community where each building has 
> between 4 to 8 units inside of the building. There are 15  buildings on the 
> property. We would run a new CAT6 drop from a central point in the building 
> to each unit. This central point would either be in the attic, or on the side 
> of the exterior wall in some type of enclosure. 
> 
>  Then we would run fiber uplink from each building's switch to a headend 
> room. The headend room would have the aggergation fiber switch, a router, and 
> an uplink to the internet. 
> 
> We would hand a copper Ethernet hand off to the client in a unit, and then 
> the could use whatever router they wanted, or plug their computer in directly 
> to the wall. 
> 
> I think all I need is a switch per building (not a router), and ideally this 
> switch needs to have:
> 
> - At Least 1 SFP fiber uplink port. 2 would be nice for daisy chaining, but 
> not required. 
> - 4 to 8 Copper Gigabit Ports. I don't need POE output power on these ports. 
> - SNMP For remote monitoring
> - CLI or some sort of web based remote management
> - Temperature Hardened or able to be in a hot attic
> - Some sort of L2 port isolation or private vlans where other subscribers can 
> see each other. All traffic goes in and out of uplink
> - Rate limiting for each individual port
> - Full duplex speed and wireline switching is preferred. 
> - We be nice to be remotely powered using PoE in, but not required. Might be 
> hard however to get power to the attic or side of building. 
> 
> 
> So far, options that come to mind are:
> 
> https://routerboard.com/RB260GS for $36. Looks like a good option, but not 
> sure about SwitchOS. Worried Mikrotik won't continue to improve switchOS. 
> Feature set seems limited. Not sure about port isolation options? Says it 
> support Poe-In for power. Temp range looks good. No CLI.
> 
> https://www.ubnt.com/edgemax/edgerouter-x-sfp/ $72. Double the price of the 
> Mikrotik. OS seems more robust. Seem more like a router than switch so might 
> be overkill for application. NO Poe-IN power option, but could I used a 
> passive poe injector to still power it remotely?  
> 
> https://www.ubnt.com/edgemax/edgepoint/ The EP-R6 is about $105. Looks like 
> its basically the edgerouter-x-sfp but in an outdoor case, and this model 
> supports PoE Input. This smaller unit doesn't seem to have any fiber slack 
> management like the other units in the edgepoint lineup. Includes POE 
> injector to power unit. 
> 
> I was thinking maybe a GPON ONT per building that has 4 to 8 Ethernet ports 
> on it. However, there are no small GPON OLTs out there. Plus, most outdoor 
> ONT's are like $250+ each. 
> 
> 
> What else is out there? I would say price range would be sub $200 per 
> building max. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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