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

[neal at mnopltd.com]

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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