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I know you are saying &quot;switch&quot;, but do you mean &quot;router&quot;? Is this device providing access to the internet? Or, sitting between your PC's and the main router?
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The reason I'm asking is why you wouldn't use your main router for DHCP, or use a Windows Server on the LAN for DHCP and then buy a simple 48-port managed switch from Dell? 
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Hi Michael, Thanks for looking at this. The requirement is a bit odd on this one, if you haven't had a look at the link to other question, please do quickly, and you'll see why I'm wanting something that can handle DHCP itself.<br />
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I'm hoping to get away with using just one router for internet access, and have the switch and access points do everything else. The DHCP servers in most ADSL routers (as far as I know) can only handle one scope. If you know otherwise, please tell me, I'm very ropey on this sort of networking so might have missed something very simple.<br />
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Oh, also, we're trying to do this without any Windows servers. Cost as a big issue here (charity etc).<br />
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Thanks!
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Thanks both.<br />
Great suggestion there eeRoot, bit out of our price range.<br />
Thanks t509 for taking other q into account and coming up with alternative solution for dhcp.
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Hi, I need a switch that has / can do the following:<br />
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- More ports the better... at least 8, but really 48 would we never have to do any uplinking.<br />
- Act as a DHCP server with 3 scopes.<br />
- VLAN'ing.<br />
- Supply PoE for about 6 Wireless AP's.<br />
- 10/100/1000<br />
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I have become very lost on the Cisco site looking for this, and I'm hoping to get some tried and tested recommendations. This is for use at a charity, everything is voluntary, we need to spend very sensibly where possible. We would be more than happy with something from Netgear or equivalent but understand that Cisco might be our only choice.<br />
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For more info about the overall project, please see this question which I have running concurrently: <a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/26659988/3-VLANS-3-SSIDs-for-wifi-DHCP-for-all.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/26659988/3-VLANS-3-SSIDs-for-wifi-DHCP-for-all.html</a><br />
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Thanks a lot!
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Hi, I need a switch that has / can do the following:

- More ports the better... at least 8, but really 48 would we never have to do any uplinking.
- Act as a DHCP server with 3 scopes.
- VLAN'ing.
- Supply PoE for about 6 Wireless AP's.
- 10/100/1000

I have become very lost on the Cisco site looking for this, and I'm hoping to get some tried and tested recommendations. This is for use at a charity, everything is voluntary, we need to spend very sensibly where possible. We would be more than happy with something from Netgear or equivalent but understand that Cisco might be our only choice.

For more info about the overall project, please see this question which I have running concurrently: http://www.experts-exchange.com/Networking/Network_Management/Q_26659988.html

Thanks a lot!

Managed switch with DHCP server capability recommendations?

A switch is a device that filters and forwards packets of data between LAN segments. Switches operate at the data link layer or the network layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model and therefore support any packet protocol. LANs that use switches to join segments are called switched LANs or, in the case of Ethernet networks, switched Ethernet LANs. A hub is a connection point for devices in a network. Hubs are commonly used to connect segments of a LAN. A hub contains multiple ports; when a packet arrives at one port, it is copied to the other ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets.

Switches / Hubs

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