<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 10:23 PM, Euan de Kock <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:euan@dekock.net" target="_blank">euan@dekock.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I'd like to get some suggestions for a suitable switch - 24port, 1000base capable, and less that 250mm deep. There is also an intent to put power over ethernet - I'm not sure what impact this has on our selection criteria - advice please.</blockquote>
</div><br>Excellent work, I'm sorry I couldn't make it.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">As for switches, the PoE ones tend to be bulkier and much more expensive. The HP fanless GigE switches are pretty good and we have tested their lifetime warranty. They recently replaced one of our older ones, no questions asked.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">What are their thoughts regarding PoE, is it a nice to have or for a particular purpose? If it's a handful of devices you could get away with either a small PoE switch sitting on top of the 24 port one or a couple of power injectors.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Leon<br><br clear="all"><div>--<br>DRM 'manages access' in the same way that jail 'manages freedom.'<br><br># cat /dev/mem | strings | grep -i cats<br>
Damn, my RAM is full of cats... MEOW!!</div>
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