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Any of you actually use these?

I honestly had not seen them until a few days ago at a show. It seems like they could be quite a good option if you're running on a strict budget and would prefer to not pay out for a new PoE switch.
 
I was just pondering if they may be quite a viable alternative if there's already a decent enough switch in place, but it's not PoE.

Although I guess there's nothing wrong with getting something new and futureproofing.

Do you not think they are good in that respect or do you think that PoE switches are generally affordable enough to not warrant the savings?

(We're talking switches with QoS capability etc for voice and video)
 
Wardie said:
I was just pondering if they may be quite a viable alternative if there's already a decent enough switch in place, but it's not PoE.

Although I guess there's nothing wrong with getting something new and futureproofing.

Do you not think they are good in that respect or do you think that PoE switches are generally affordable enough to not warrant the savings?

(We're talking switches with QoS capability etc for voice and video)
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Well, at the end of the day, they work. They would do the job.

My dislike stems from a few things:

- management is rubbish, with Cisco POE (3560s) configuring power on the port is nice and simple and done at the same time as enabling the port. No logging into two boxes or anything like that...

- it's two boxes, which is bad for reliability, power consumption and rack space

- my feeling is POE on switch is cheap enough there's no point, but that'll depend on your budget.
 
Yeah I did give some thought to the rack space and the fact you would need to manage them both.

Cheers for the feed back :)
 
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