This will be my first major asterisk experiment and I'm trying to choose a PoE switch for 15-24 phones. I was going to spend $400 on this: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16833124053 but then I see this on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/WS-C3524-PWR-XL-EN-Cisco-3524-24-FE-Switch-W-PoE-VoIP_W0QQitemZ370043264927QQihZ024QQcategoryZ51268QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem and I'm thinking, hey, thats a lot cheaper and it is PoE. Will the Cisco IP phone's proprietary wizardry be a problem for my flock on Linksys IP phones? Because as long as it can do vlan qos and poe I think I can scrape by for half the price, right? Thanks for reading! -- Just Hil
I am probably not too qualified to answer this question but I would go with the linksys. Fred -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Hilary Miller Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 2:30 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [asterisk-users] Switch recommendation? This will be my first major asterisk experiment and I'm trying to choose a PoE switch for 15-24 phones. I was going to spend $400 on this: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16833124053 but then I see this on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/WS-C3524-PWR-XL-EN-Cisco-3524-24-FE-Switch-W-PoE-VoIP_W0QQitemZ370043264927QQihZ024QQcategoryZ51268QQssPageNameZ WDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem and I'm thinking, hey, thats a lot cheaper and it is PoE. Will the Cisco IP phone's proprietary wizardry be a problem for my flock on Linksys IP phones? Because as long as it can do vlan qos and poe I think I can scrape by for half the price, right? Thanks for reading! -- Just Hil _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users !DSPAM:480cec7523281809518707!
Woah, How weird. I JUST bought this off of ebay 2 minutes ago. The exact one. This will be my first time playing with PoE. I have all cisco phones here but I'll let you know how it goes.> This will be my first major asterisk experiment and I'm trying to > choose a PoE switch for 15-24 phones. I was going to spend $400 on > this: > > http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16833124053 > > but then I see this on ebay: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/WS-C3524-PWR-XL-EN-Cisco-3524-24-FE-Switch-W-PoE-VoIP_W0QQitemZ370043264927QQihZ024QQcategoryZ51268QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > > and I'm thinking, hey, thats a lot cheaper and it is PoE. Will the > Cisco IP phone's proprietary wizardry be a problem for my flock on > Linksys IP phones? Because as long as it can do vlan qos and poe I > think I can scrape by for half the price, right? > > Thanks for reading!
Hilary Miller wrote:> This will be my first major asterisk experiment and I'm trying to > choose a PoE switch for 15-24 phones. I was going to spend $400 on > this: > > http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16833124053 > > but then I see this on ebay: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/WS-C3524-PWR-XL-EN-Cisco-3524-24-FE-Switch-W-PoE-VoIP_W0QQitemZ370043264927QQihZ024QQcategoryZ51268QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > > and I'm thinking, hey, thats a lot cheaper and it is PoE. Will the > Cisco IP phone's proprietary wizardry be a problem for my flock on > Linksys IP phones? Because as long as it can do vlan qos and poe I > think I can scrape by for half the price, right? > > Thanks for reading! >The Cisco 3524 switch doesn't support 802.3af which is what your Linksys phones are going to want. If you have just Cisco phones this would work. To have 802.3af you have to have at least a Cisco 3560 series switch. See: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/phones/ps379/products_tech_note09186a00801189b5.shtml#powerover for reference
We've been very happy with the SRW224Ps we've deployed. (noisy as hell... good for either the datacentre / computer room or for installation in a noise-cancelling cabinet... but then again, are there any PoE switches that aren't ?) -- exvito
We've been using D-Link DES-3028P and DES-3052P switches. They can supply full power to EACH port unlike the Linksys switches we've tried. They're also rock solid from our experience. -Jon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hilary Miller" <hilfmil at gmail.com> To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 8:21:12 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Switch recommendation? On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 5:54 PM, Sean Dennis <sean at datawhale.com> wrote:> The Cisco 3524 switch doesn't support 802.3af which is what your Linksys > phones are going to want.Thank you for sharing Sean! When I saw them I felt a disturbance in the force, and now I know why! -- Just Hil _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users