<html><head></head><body>Please don't take offense but I find a church needing a technology upgrade ironic.<br><br>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.<br><br>Oh. There's probably a failed battery causing the date problem.<br><br>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.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On December 19, 2020 10:39:14 AM EST, Neal Rhodes via Ale <ale@ale.org> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">Our church has two Cisco SGE2010P 48 port 10/100/1000 POE switches.<br><br>They have become increasingly dodgy as they are actually needing them <br>MORE. (Streaming services, all the telephones are Polycom SIP phones, <br>schools program is offering distance learning for kids downstairs on <br>Zoom, etc)<br><br>We really need to replace one or both. 24 ports would actually be <br>plenty, and these things are freakin' loud. Like having a constant <br>vacuum cleaner in the office.<br><br>Much of the LAN wiring is historic, meaning terminated by hand, and not <br>up to spec for gigabit. So, having diagnostic testing of all the ports <br>and cables is essential. We've already identified a couple of <br>franken-cable runs and replaced them.<br><br>BUT, after a power-cycle last night, the good news is Speedtest results <br>went from 4mbps down to 90mbps down. The bad news is the office switch <br>lost all ability to test cables, forgot what time it was, and no longer <br>properly reports port status. And in spite of a power cycle, it insists <br>its been up for 11 days. I no longer trust it.<br><br>We need to buy a decent, quiet(er) Preferably Cisco 24 port POE switch <br>('cause all the phone-sets need POE) which doesn't need to be <br>enterprised managed, BUT does need to have port/cable testing. Refurb <br>would be just fine. It's a church, and we're on a budget.<br><br>Any opinions on models AND good sources for refurbs?<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Neal<hr>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br></pre></blockquote></div><br>-- <br>Computers amplify human error<br>Super computers are really cool</body></html>