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Switch advice

Hello,

I am setting up a small network and need advice on what switches to get.

I need the following:

16 POE 802.3af ports for wireless (10w per device, 14 APs altogether). Managed Gigabit switches are preferred, but the PoE ports can be 10/100 fast Ethernet, as long as there is at least one gigabit Ethernet up-link per switch.

2 x 16 (or 2 x 10) gigabit port managed non-PoE switches in two different locations.

Since this is quiet office environment, all switches must be fanless, so I've accepted that it will probably be 2 x 8 rather than 1 x 16 for the PoE switches.

The maximum number of concurrent wireless and wired devices on the network would not be more than 30.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

teomcam

Fanless with Gigabit uplink+LIfeTime limited warranty
http://www.dlink.com.au/dgs-1210-10p

rookie_b

ASKER

Thank you for your response! I will check this out, but I have had some bad experiences with d-link in the past. I would prefer HP, Netgear, TP-link, Cisco small business, but I will have a look at the D-link.

Thanks!

teomcam

I totally agree with you. D Link's home switches and routers are so unrelaible and you needed to restart the machine to get connected but this is business product and very different than consumer products.

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masnrock

I would never advise anyone to get Netgear, but even a low profile brand like Trendnet I've found can work fine as well (however, in your scenario I would not choose the Trendnet as the fans in their POE units can be pretty obnoxious). But I would concur with the choice of Cisco.

rookie_b

ASKER

Excellent! Exactly what I was looking for. I just hope they do what it says on the tin!