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Hi all,

I need to upgrade old 24 port 100Mbps switches unmanaged switches to 1000Mbps switches.
1. Are there any entry or mid level brands that come close to any enterprise switches by performance
2. What entry/mid level brand brand do you recommend?
 
We're going to need a bit more information...

What infrastructure do you run? Routers? AP's?
How many VLAN's do you have (if any)?
Do you need PoE?
Do you need SFP/SFP+ cages? If so, how many per switch.
Do you think you will upgrade any other infrastructure in the foreseeable future?
Do you need features like spanning tree?
 
ThatGuy_ZA said:
We're going to need a bit more information...

What infrastructure do you run? Routers? AP's?
How many VLAN's do you have (if any)?
Do you need PoE?
Do you need SFP/SFP+ cages? If so, how many per switch.
Do you think you will upgrade any other infrastructure in the foreseeable future?
Do you need features like spanning tree?
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It is not a big network, about 50 devices , 1 application server, 2 routers, 1 access point.
No POE
1/2 SFP
Will upgrade
Might not need spanning tree
 
They are all a pain but the best is reburb ciscos.

However, if you using unfi APs then unifi switches are a good bet.

On small locations with other APs I use the tiks with SWOS - just pick a CRS with the right port count and don't upgrade to ROS ever.
 
What kind of security infrastructure do you have?
Security ideally should be integrated and enforced from your access layer up.
 
syntax said:
What kind of security infrastructure do you have?
Security ideally should be integrated and enforced from your access layer up.
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Just features in the TP Link TLR 480+ - FTP/SIP/PPTP/IPsec/H.323 ALG, DoS Defence, Ping of Death
 
scy said:
Hi all,

I need to upgrade old 24 port 100Mbps switches unmanaged switches to 1000Mbps switches.
1. Are there any entry or mid level brands that come close to any enterprise switches by performance
2. What entry/mid level brand brand do you recommend?
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Any modern netgear

XS728T ProSAFE 28-Port 10-Gigabit L2+ Smart Switch
 
Just got a quote on a 24 port POE Cisco 1000 series, came to R12 000. The non POE one should be cheaper... or is that also still to expensive?
 
I am also upgrading cabling to Cat6, are the are real life diferences between CCA and
irBosOtter said:
Just got a quote on a 24 port POE Cisco 1000 series, came to R12 000. The non POE one should be cheaper... or is that also still to expensive?
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I found the Mikrotic suggested above to be very cheap, Mikro aren't Enterprise but they are depandable.
 
irBosOtter said:
Just got a quote on a 24 port POE Cisco 1000 series, came to R12 000. The non POE one should be cheaper... or is that also still to expensive?
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From Scoop > https://scoop.co.za/mikrotik-cloud-router-switch-24-port-gigabit-poe-4sfp-450w-crs328-24p-4s-rm.html

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MikroTik's RB-CRS328 is a 28 independent port switch. It has 24 Gigabit Ethernet ports, which offer different power output options: Passive PoE, Low Voltage PoE, 802.3af/at (Type 1 “PoE” / Type 2 “PoE+”) with auto-sensing. The four SFP+ ports provide up to 10 Gbps connectivity options via either optical fibre or Ethernet modules (not included). It comes in a 1U rackmount case with a built-in 100-240V AC 500W power supply. The device has a “Dual boot” feature that allows you to choose between two operating systems - RouterOS or SwOS.
 
The HP enterprise Aruba stuff is also good and should be cheaper than Cisco.
 
scy said:
Just features in the TP Link TLR 480+ - FTP/SIP/PPTP/IPsec/H.323 ALG, DoS Defence, Ping of Death
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In an ideal world the switching infrastructure should be an enforcing module for security and participate in your security fabric.
For example on Cisco and now Fortinet you can assign security group tags to traffic which apply policies based on tags on the port. You could have PC's on the same subnet within the same switch and block that east-west traffic using tags and can easily move users into different tag groups based on their security posture at a point in time.

You could also have the access layer feedback information relating to security and traffic flow and then be provide automated remediation or isolation based on certain factors.

This may be beyond what you intend or for the size of the company, but it is worth looking into or keeping in mind. Isolated access layer mediums of switching and wireless would be considered legacy and should now form part of a bigger picture
 
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