I'm in need of a 24 port switch with POE that is reasonably priced ($500ish). I came across the ZyXEL ES2024PWR managed switch. Has anyone used this? If not, what do you use?
Thanks,
Justin
 
which POE switch?
Submitted by JustinHoMi on Thu, 03/27/2008 - 2:57pm.
Well there are two on eBay
Thu, 03/27/2008 - 6:04pm
Well there are two on eBay stores for less than $400.00 with shipping.
.af and .p support two GBICS, how can you go wrong.
If you buy a managed switch take the time to setup voice vlan trunking.
Scott
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Scott
aka "Skyking"
 
You can find Netgear FS728TP
Thu, 03/27/2008 - 6:55pm
You can find Netgear FS728TP switches new for right around $300, which I haven't used in production, and you can find Linksys SRW224p switches for right around $350-$400 that I have used in production with no issue other than I got a DOA switch, and Linksys RMA sucks balls. It took almost two months to get a replacement.
 
SRW224 Series --
Thu, 03/27/2008 - 7:47pm
I have had good luck with the Linksys 224 series switches and Cisco Phones which use both the old and new standard for POE..
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How did you do THAT?
Thu, 03/27/2008 - 8:21pm
What did you do to get a 79x0 to work with a Linksys SRW224P
 
D-Link DES-1228P
Thu, 03/27/2008 - 8:31pm
I have this switch, and other than being noisy, due to multiple cooling fans, I have been happy. It is not a fully managed switch, in that you can't get to a CLI. However, you can set up VLANs, and Trunks in the WebGUI.
The other thing I'd like to find is a single SMB device that has PoE, 802.11n, QoS, VPN (Hardware based), Remote management (maybe a MIB), Router, and a way to segment the wireless network into internal users, and public hotspot users. Then, as if that wasn't a tall order... put all of that functionality in an open source project... a guy can dream!
Ken Christensen
CF Team
 
Zyxel ES2024PWR
Thu, 03/27/2008 - 9:48pm
We tried one of those, it turns out that it only cut prowide around 175w to poe, and that all ports did reserve 15,4w so only 11 phone would work on this one, Zyxel know that.
We ended up with a EdgeCore ES3526VA-PoE
http://www.edge-core.com/ProdDtl.asp?sno=IJLRJQ
15,4w on all ports, management and rock solid. but not cheap :(
/Thomas
 
Well Ken if you leave off
Thu, 03/27/2008 - 9:58pm
Well Ken if you leave off the price tag and the wireless you described a Cisco 2811
Scott
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Scott
aka "Skyking"
 
How much power do you need
Thu, 03/27/2008 - 10:42pm
How much power do you need to power phones over all 24 ports? I see the netgear FS728TP has a POE budget of 195 watts. The dlink DES-1228P can support 170w maximum for POE. The datasheet on the linksys SRW224P says it'll support 15.4w on 12 ports or 7.5w on all 24 ports (184w?).
Do you need 15.4w per phone?
 
For phones
Thu, 03/27/2008 - 11:10pm
you need 7.5w for a phone, Aastra 57i without sidemodule uses 4.2w.
You need 15.4w if you plan to power accesspoints, or webcams.
I just want to be shure that there is no problem with power so i always recomend my customers to use a POE swithch that can provide 15.4w on all ports.
 
I've used the netgear in
Fri, 03/28/2008 - 5:19am
I've used the netgear in production with all 24 ports lit up using polycom phones, never had a problem. (I've also used the 48port netgear with no problems.) YMMV.
 
We use the Dell 3448P and
Mon, 03/31/2008 - 10:07am
We use the Dell 3448P and really like them. 48 10/100 POE Ports, 2GB ports, 2 SFP ports. We haven't had any issues and they are reasonably priced. We have two at our office and another 3 at various client locations. We have also used several of the Netgear POE products without issue. Stinksys on the other hand.... :)
 
The Dell switches work
Mon, 03/31/2008 - 10:14am
The Dell switches work great, Web and IOS'ish interface. CDP support, true voice VLAN tagging.
The price is right also.
Scott
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Scott
aka "Skyking"
 
Dell switches....
Mon, 03/31/2008 - 2:19pm
The 34xxPs work great for us too. We've got three of the 48 port ones and one of the 24 port ones in use at various locations and haven't had any problems. The VLANs are easy to configure too.
 
i have a site with 3x dlink
Mon, 03/31/2008 - 9:38pm
i have a site with 3x dlink 1228p - all 24 ports lit with POE to snom phones on 2 switches - no problem, havent even had to create vlans yet.
have 2 other sites with the netgear 728 about 20 phones each, kind of like the interface better, and havent had an issue with that either.
now the linksys- one client with 4 (not my choice)- locks up severelly under heavey data traffic (5-6 stations downloading 1.5gb file), only a power cycle will allow data to pass throug the switch again - linksys support is worthless on the issue. another smaller site that occasionally has the same problem, so i know its not an isolated issue.
 
We use HP Procurve
Tue, 04/01/2008 - 6:32am
Lifetime warranty
Lifetime software upgrades
Hard to beat.
 
Looks like a 24port HP
Tue, 04/01/2008 - 11:59am
Looks like a 24port HP Procurve is over twice my target price. Is there something I'm overlooking?
 
No you didn't miss anything.
Tue, 04/01/2008 - 12:37pm
No you didn't miss anything. Perhaps the poster missed your original criteria.
However I think you may want to look at the secondary channel.
The Cisco, HP, Extreme, Foundry and now Juniper are all Enterprise class switches and have feature sets and reliability that just can't compare to the sub $1000 list switches. However on the secondary market they can be had within your budget.
It's a mindset thing, if you are comfortable with gear from this type of channel.
Here are some examples found from sellers with significant feedback on eBay:
Place these numbers into the eBay search field
310035579526
110238840019
With regard to Cisco switches. The 3550 supports standard 802.af PoE, the 3524's which can be had for 3524-PWR switches support pre-standard inline power and work will all Cisco phones. Cisco 3524's may also work with Polycom's.
Hope this helps you sort it out.
Scott
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Scott
aka "Skyking"
 
I have no problem buying on
Tue, 04/01/2008 - 1:19pm
I have no problem buying on ebay, and neither does my client. The cisco 3524's are dirt cheap. I think that only the older 301/501/601 Polycom phones work with it using the optional cisco POE adapter, but not the newer ones.
I guess I just need to put together a list of every good POE switch so that I can know what to look for on ebay. Phew... I've spent as much time picking out a switch as I did on the phones.
 
Linksys SWR224G4P thats the
Wed, 04/02/2008 - 6:55am
Linksys SWR224G4P thats the switch we've settled on. I've installed about 20 of them lately and haven't had any problems. Working great! features like testing the cable from the admin interface is a cool trick too!
 
Just Pluged them in --
Wed, 04/02/2008 - 6:34pm
Randy,
Sorry for the slow response been overloaded recently.
The SRW224G4P supported the Cisco 7940, 7960 & 7970 out of the box. No special cables or setup. Did have to have wall warts to do the resets and get the SIP code loaded however..
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Does anybody know how much
Fri, 04/04/2008 - 10:58am
Does anybody know how much power the Polycom 320 and 650's use? It looks like the client will be going with 18-20 phones, with the majority of them Polycom 320's. I've sort of settled on the Netgear FS728TP switch, which will output 195 watts over POE. So it looks like I'll have about 9 watts available per phone.
 
My 320
Fri, 04/04/2008 - 2:23pm
is drawing 5W
Cheers
Garry
 
Does anyone have any
Fri, 04/04/2008 - 2:55pm
Does anyone have any recommendations for small PoE switches? Like an 8 to 12 port, for a demo system?
I've got the big production ones covered, haven't had much need for small switches in a while.
 
I'm in need of some smaller
Fri, 04/04/2008 - 3:15pm
I'm in need of some smaller switches too. I've put together a spreadsheet of a few switches and their power output:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pFwiGcAj3ISKl1n9P91k6bQ
 
How small is small
Sat, 04/05/2008 - 7:44pm
The Netgear FS108P is what I use 4 ports powered, 4 ports not.
Can setup my Server, a network Gateway and a laptop, plus four phones on a demo basis for about $100/switch.
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Or you can go with Trendnet
Sat, 04/05/2008 - 10:48pm
One other option that I haven't seen mentioned....
The Trendnet TPE-S44 has a total of 8 ports of which 4 are PoE at 15.4 watts each for about $65.00. Seems like a good deal.
 
Tried out the Trendnet TPE-S44
Sat, 05/03/2008 - 7:55am
For small PoE switches it seems pretty good. Very inexpensive but doesn't feel cheap. Encased in metal so it dissipates heat well. Total of 8 ports with 4 being PoE. Been using for about 3 weeks now. I have it powering the following devices:
Aastra 57i
Aastra 480i
Cisco 7941
Polycom 320
I'll probably use it for my demo system.
 
I ended up getting the
Sat, 05/03/2008 - 9:52am
I ended up getting the Netgear FS728TP. It's worked well with 15 Polycom 430's and 4 650's. Total power output is only 46 watts. The 430's use 2.1-2.5 watts each, and the 650's use 3.1-3.5 watts. I love being able to turn the power on and off to the phones, rebooting everything at once.
The only problem I've had is that when I set the ports to 10baset/full-duplex, the phones auto-negotiated at 10baset/half-duplex. That might be a problem with the phones or the wiring though. I got them to run at 10baset/full-duplex by setting the polycoms manually.
It also surprises me how slow the web interface is....
 
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