[ale] Slightly OT: Looking for recommendation for 24 port POE Switch preferably Cisco

[Jim Kinney]

Please don't take offense but I find a church needing a technology upgrade ironic.

I am not a Cisco fan. Netgear is plenty sufficient. They have several models with PoE in a variety of port counts and run about 1/2 the co$t of cisco.

Oh. There's probably a failed battery causing the date problem.

Noise will persist with PoE thanks to higher heat loading. For some setups it's cheaper to PoE power injectors for the endpoints than use full PoE switches.

On December 19, 2020 10:39:14 AM EST, Neal Rhodes via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>Our church has two Cisco SGE2010P 48 port 10/100/1000 POE switches.
>
>They have become increasingly dodgy as they are actually needing them 
>MORE.  (Streaming services, all the telephones are Polycom SIP phones, 
>schools program is offering distance learning for kids downstairs on 
>Zoom, etc)
>
>We really need to replace one or both.  24 ports would actually be 
>plenty, and these things are freakin' loud.  Like having a constant 
>vacuum cleaner in the office.
>
>Much of the LAN wiring is historic, meaning terminated by hand, and not
>
>up to spec for gigabit.  So, having diagnostic testing of all the ports
>
>and cables is essential.  We've already identified a couple of 
>franken-cable runs and replaced them.
>
>BUT, after a power-cycle last night, the good news is Speedtest results
>
>went from 4mbps down to 90mbps down.  The bad news is the office switch
>
>lost all ability to test cables, forgot what time it was, and no longer
>
>properly reports port status.  And in spite of a power cycle, it
>insists 
>its been up for 11 days.   I no longer trust it.
>
>We need to buy a decent, quiet(er) Preferably Cisco 24 port POE switch 
>('cause all the phone-sets need POE) which doesn't need to be 
>enterprised managed, BUT does need to have port/cable testing.   Refurb
>
>would be just fine. It's a church, and we're on a budget.
>
>Any opinions on models AND good sources for refurbs?
>
>Regards,
>
>Neal
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