New switch required

[Admiral Huddy]

I have a 8 port switch conected to a Win2003 server. The ports are full and need to add a few more clients.

Rather than adding a second switch to the existing switch, i thought about replacing it with a 24 port switch.

Can anyone recommend a decent one?

 

[sidethink]

Budget?

Any special requirements or just more ports?

 

[Admiral Huddy]

Budget?

Any special requirements or just more ports?

Upto £100.. and no- no specific requirements.

I was always under the impression that you couldn't run any more than 8 devices off one switch.. and I see 24 port switches available Not sure where I got that from tbh

I'm assuming that a managed switch is one that manages Level 2 data packets etc as opposed to just the physical layer?

 

[sidethink]

Thats not really the definition of managed - it simply means that you can effectively logon to the switch (normally Telnet or an embedded webserver) and configure things like ports speeds and duplex settings if required.

Layer 2 AND 3 capabilities are a different thing entirely but both features are commonly found on higher end products.

For a decent sub-£100 switch you could do worse than the Netgear ProSafe one, I think the part number is FS726T-UK.

I've seen quite a few in SOHO environments and no one has complained. Back in the day, I saw lots of more basic Netgears go out to customers without too many complaints. I don't see so many nowadays since I work in a Cisco and HP environment now.

 

[Admiral Huddy]

yeah that look great .. thanks.

Will I be able to just swap switches without any manual configuration?

Currently have a Corega GSW 8 port switch.

edit - actually.. I think that a 24 might be an overkill... is there a 16 port equivalent? GS716T?