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Do I need to program these to link them all together or just cabling
We ran out of room on our old switches so we need to replace them.
I have 2 5448 switches going into the server room that I would like to stack, then Dell said to order a fiber line that will go to the next floor to a 3448 powered switch. We are all on the same lan and are a small company with no need for any of the fancy stuff.
My question is do I need to program these out of the box or can I just plug them all together and be done.
Thanks!
I have 2 5448 switches going into the server room that I would like to stack, then Dell said to order a fiber line that will go to the next floor to a 3448 powered switch. We are all on the same lan and are a small company with no need for any of the fancy stuff.
My question is do I need to program these out of the box or can I just plug them all together and be done.
Thanks!
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if you are a small company with no need for fancy stuff, why are you ordering these 5448 switches?
Tthese are 48 ports of GB speed. your cabling will have to be cat5e at the least to even take advantage of it. And if the cabling was run improperly you can run into issues where the nic and switch will negotiate to gig but no traffic will pass because of the quality of the line. Also your NICs will need to support GB to use the switch. I suppose that it would make sense to plan for the future. This is also a managed switch, so depending on what your deffinition of fancy is, these switches might be over kill.
and order a fiber line? that is pretty fancy. Is dell suggesting you run fiber between your upper and lower leve switches?
what is your small business? what is fancy?
a less fancy solution would be 10/100 switches with a couple GB ports for up links between the switches.
Tthese are 48 ports of GB speed. your cabling will have to be cat5e at the least to even take advantage of it. And if the cabling was run improperly you can run into issues where the nic and switch will negotiate to gig but no traffic will pass because of the quality of the line. Also your NICs will need to support GB to use the switch. I suppose that it would make sense to plan for the future. This is also a managed switch, so depending on what your deffinition of fancy is, these switches might be over kill.
and order a fiber line? that is pretty fancy. Is dell suggesting you run fiber between your upper and lower leve switches?
what is your small business? what is fancy?
a less fancy solution would be 10/100 switches with a couple GB ports for up links between the switches.
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Hi,
For now this is a small company with about 75 employees one building. It currently is running with a 48 port switch linked to a 24 port 10/100 switch in the server room. The computers we use are all new dells so gb will work fine, it is all cat5e.
We have a new addition so that is where the cheaper 3448 powered one comes in so we can also do some wireless in the future. This is also the one they suggested the Fiber line should be run to because of the distance.
As Far as "Fancy" stuff I mean different vlans or transfer rate adjusting. I listed this question as a beginner so I have not ventured into that arena yet.
I simply needed to know if I have all the right materials to plug it all in and go home for the weekend. Then I can study up on the good stuff.
Thanks,
For now this is a small company with about 75 employees one building. It currently is running with a 48 port switch linked to a 24 port 10/100 switch in the server room. The computers we use are all new dells so gb will work fine, it is all cat5e.
We have a new addition so that is where the cheaper 3448 powered one comes in so we can also do some wireless in the future. This is also the one they suggested the Fiber line should be run to because of the distance.
As Far as "Fancy" stuff I mean different vlans or transfer rate adjusting. I listed this question as a beginner so I have not ventured into that arena yet.
I simply needed to know if I have all the right materials to plug it all in and go home for the weekend. Then I can study up on the good stuff.
Thanks,
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Cool, I appreciate it, Yeah it is over 300ft so that must be why. Dell threw in the fiber and connectors from what I heard to sell the switches:) The rep must have been desperate to get his quota. Sweet!
I have 2hrs until everyone logs out so I will let you guys know how it went and throw some points at ya:). This is a great site thank you.
I have 2hrs until everyone logs out so I will let you guys know how it went and throw some points at ya:). This is a great site thank you.
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