Hello everyone,
I am currently planning the selection of network components for my future single-family home (approximately 200m² (2,150 sq ft)).
In this context, CAT7 cables will be installed in all rooms and centrally routed to the utility room, where they will be connected via a patch panel.
All in all, I will need a 48-port gigabit switch (preferably PoE or better PoE+).
The only question is: which model or brand, or from which manufacturer?
Do you have any experience? Can you recommend gigabit switches of this size?
Please no discussions about the size or design of the network switch.
I deliberately want to avoid local switches (for example, near the home theater wall) and connect all network cables to a corresponding wall outlet (my partner insists... theme "everything always has to look tidy" and so on...).
Thanks in advance for your input.
Best regards
I am currently planning the selection of network components for my future single-family home (approximately 200m² (2,150 sq ft)).
In this context, CAT7 cables will be installed in all rooms and centrally routed to the utility room, where they will be connected via a patch panel.
All in all, I will need a 48-port gigabit switch (preferably PoE or better PoE+).
The only question is: which model or brand, or from which manufacturer?
Do you have any experience? Can you recommend gigabit switches of this size?
Please no discussions about the size or design of the network switch.
I deliberately want to avoid local switches (for example, near the home theater wall) and connect all network cables to a corresponding wall outlet (my partner insists... theme "everything always has to look tidy" and so on...).
Thanks in advance for your input.
Best regards
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nasenmann16 Dec 2016 09:04Sinus1986 schrieb:
--> Iâve often read that connecting switches in series can sometimes cause problemsNo. How else would that be set up in a company network? Anyway, others have already given you some advice. Just get something affordable. You donât need the expensive enterprise features.
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Steffen8016 Dec 2016 09:07nasenmann schrieb:
No. How else would that be represented in a company network?
Anyway, others have already given you some tips. Choose something affordable. You donât need the expensive enterprise features.Hopefully, no cheap consumer-grade technology is used in a company. Thatâs how you get the network working properly.
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Sinus198616 Dec 2016 09:25Okay.. the only question left is about the manufacturer... Zyxel? Netgear? TP-Link? D-Link? Ubiquiti?
Where can I find the best price/performance options?
Where can I find the best price/performance options?
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Bieber081516 Dec 2016 09:27Sinus1986 schrieb:
if you could, would you want to connect all of them? We have 24 network outlets, each with two ports, so 48 ports in total (plus space needed for the router/Fritzbox on the switch). In the medium term, I donât need all 48 ports simultaneously. Some rooms currently donât require a network connection (the kids are still offline, and the âwho-knows-what-I-might-need-one-dayâ outlet in the attic is unused), and in other rooms I only use one of the two ports on the outlet. So it was clear that a âsmallerâ switch would easily suffice. I would have no concerns about setting up daisy-chaining later on.
I just started counting.
First, I arrived at 7 rooms with a total of 8 duplex outlets = 16 ports. Then I remembered the duplex outlet for the telephone in the hallway and, since the router will be located in the basement in the utility room, there are also connections on the ground floor and first floor for one access point each. That already makes 20 ports, and the 24-port switch is almost fully occupied.
The simple solution like @Koempy used will probably be enough for me as well. I also see no problem with expanding in series later on.
First, I arrived at 7 rooms with a total of 8 duplex outlets = 16 ports. Then I remembered the duplex outlet for the telephone in the hallway and, since the router will be located in the basement in the utility room, there are also connections on the ground floor and first floor for one access point each. That already makes 20 ports, and the 24-port switch is almost fully occupied.
The simple solution like @Koempy used will probably be enough for me as well. I also see no problem with expanding in series later on.
@Sinus1986
Just check out the freely available tests online; thereâs plenty of material. Choose a switch with the right price-to-performance ratio. As other users have mentioned, you wonât need the enterprise features.
For example, I use a simple 24-port switch from Allnet (because I wanted a fanless model) and an 8-port switch from Linksys for PoE⌠there are over 30 ports connected to the patch panels, but only about 20 are used simultaneously⌠both switches do exactly what theyâre supposed to, and daisy-chaining in a single-family home does not cause any issues⌠as others have said, how else would it work in larger companies if not with partial daisy-chaining?
Just check out the freely available tests online; thereâs plenty of material. Choose a switch with the right price-to-performance ratio. As other users have mentioned, you wonât need the enterprise features.
For example, I use a simple 24-port switch from Allnet (because I wanted a fanless model) and an 8-port switch from Linksys for PoE⌠there are over 30 ports connected to the patch panels, but only about 20 are used simultaneously⌠both switches do exactly what theyâre supposed to, and daisy-chaining in a single-family home does not cause any issues⌠as others have said, how else would it work in larger companies if not with partial daisy-chaining?
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