Looking for a 48 port switch

[Kory]

I've been looking for an affordable 48 (or higher) port gigabit ethernet switch. I need very basic management (either via browser or ssh, but not SNMP) to enable/disable ports, look at stats and MAC addresses. I'm not totally against the idea of getting two 32 port switches.

Ant recommendations will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Kory

 

[stevech]

would the cabling for the 48 lines best go to one central place for the 48 port switch? Or two places for 24 ports? Or 4 places, etc.

I think Netgear Proline are good. Historically. (I don't like Netgear's products other than Proline switches!)

At 48 ports, you're getting into costly managed switch land.
Maybe better to stay with smaller un- or lightly-managed switches.

 

[clintb]

Not to mention, a single 48 going out kills everyone on it. Two 24's and you're still in business for at least half the people. Eggs in one basket...

 

[Kory]

Hi Steve,

All the cable will go to one central managed area. I agree with your statement: once you go above 24 ports or need management, the price shoots up.

Can you recommend a good place to purchase the switches on online? Amazon is what I normally use, but they don't carry the higher capacity stuff.

Kory

 

[stevech]

newegg.com?



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122344

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833181152

I haven't used this product, but I have used other ZyXel products. Generally good regard.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122058

My issue with Amazon is that they are mostly just an order fulfillment organization - a reseller. Not much of their offerings is as a distributor. So it's sometimes hard to know who the seller is. I tend to buy non-tech from Amazon at times.

 

[Kory]

I'm actually using that first 24 port NetGear switch you listed above. The problem is that it's unmanaged. But it's begin to looking like managed switches are exorbitant price wise.

 

[Kory]

This look exactly like what I need:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833181092

Any good/bad experience with this project or ZyXel switches in general?

Thanks,
Kory

 

[stevech]

Since forum is called "Small Net Builder"... for that 48 port managed switch, you'll probably need to look for a review on a web site for enterprise LAN folks - that being dominated by Cisco and Juniper.

Here's a Cisco 10/100 (no gig) that's a lot cheaper. Has some GigE ports for the uplink to some really fast WAN router.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7151758&csid=_61

If the WAN connection isn't much more than 100Mbps, maybe this lower cost 10/100 is the way to go.

 

[Kory]

I decided to go with two ZyXEL GS1510-24 24 port switches instead of one 48 port. It was actually a bit cheaper and, as it was mentioned earlier, half the network will still work.

Thank you every one for you suggestions.

Is there a prefered/best way of ganing two switches together? The ZyXEL GS1510-24 has 24 RJ-45 port and 2 SFP ports.

Thanks,
Kory