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

[Jim Kinney]

Wow! That's a load. Thanks for helping!!

On December 19, 2020 11:03:18 AM EST, neal at mnopltd.com wrote:
>Thanks for the reply.
>
>On 2020-12-19 09:52, Jim Kinney wrote:
>> Please don't take offense but I find a church needing a technology
>> upgrade ironic.
>
>Ironic because our pre-school has been running, providing distance 
>learning to children of health-care workers and teachers and other 
>essential workers, so that we've got 20-30 Zoom sessions running over 
>our 200Mbit Comcast service?
>
>> 
>> 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.
>
>Yeah, I'm not wedded to Cisco. I like(d) the port testing capabilities,
>
>when they actually worked.
>
>Model numbers for netgear?  Is there a distributor you like for
>refurbs?
>
>> 
>> Oh. There's probably a failed battery causing the date problem.
>
>Yeah, I thought about that.  It's an old switch.  I don't intend to
>even 
>breath on it until it's on the bench and another switch is working.    
>Maybe an firmware update would help, but again, not jumping of a cliff 
>with that parachute.
>
>> 
>> 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.
>
>The existing switch has POE turned on for all ports, although it's only
>
>apparently sending power on about 6.
>
>> 
>> 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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