Network switch recommendation / review needed
I am considering deploying Engenius PoE network switches in my school. I have been using their wireless access points for several years and am totally happy with them. Comparable HP or Cisco switches are at least twice the cost. I do not want to spend foolishly but I need to control costs wherever possible.
http://www.engeniustech.com/products/controllers-switches/layer-2-poe/egs7252fp.html
Anybody have first=hand experience with these?
http://www.engeniustech.com/products/controllers-switches/layer-2-poe/egs7252fp.html
Anybody have first=hand experience with these?
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As an aside: I am staying in a Comfort Suites hotel tonight and while walking to my room, I noticed that all of the WAPs were Engenius.
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Regarding Cisco and HP lifetime warranties:
According to Cisco web site the lifetime warranty only applies to the original end user
According to the HP web site, the lifetime warranty only extends to the second 'bona fide owner'. For products purchased after December 1, 2014 the lifetime warranty is only available to the original owner of the product.
According to Cisco web site the lifetime warranty only applies to the original end user
Duration of Hardware Warranty: As long as the original End User continues to own or use the Product. In the event of discontinuance of product manufacture, Cisco warranty support is limited to five (5) years from the announcement of discontinuance.
According to the HP web site, the lifetime warranty only extends to the second 'bona fide owner'. For products purchased after December 1, 2014 the lifetime warranty is only available to the original owner of the product.
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Thanks for everyone's comments - all pretty stock answers. Unfortunately, nobody had first-hand experience so I didn't get what I needed.
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First of all, this switch is a gig switch, so no issues there.
File transfer speed is not a concern.
I have both 10/100 and gig PoE phones.
Less expensive does not necessarily mean lower quality. I would buy my Samsung cell phone 10 times again and again over buying an "I" product.
I have been bitten by Netgear and dLink products and support in the past and would be very reluctant to buy them again.
The old expression about buying IBM products was "nobody ever got fired for buying 'blue'". The problem was that 'blue' was no better than upstart manufacturers who raised the performance bar while lowering the price bar.
I'm not certain about this: does lifetime warranty apply to the product, or is it only to the first owner? I believe lifetime only applies to the original purchaser of the product.
All that being said, I am looking for feedback from Engenius owners. I have contacted some of the users mentioned in their case studies and they say that the case studies are fair representations of their experiences.