Pardon, this might be off-topic. I'm reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_switch For a setup of ~5 agents, would I be wrong in thinking that a generic 16 port unmanaged switch would fit the bill? The first model to come up for me in an Amazon search is: http://support.netgear.com/product/fs116 Is this a reasonable choice? Would I be wrong in thinking that most any Fast Ethernet switch would be fine for Asterisk? thanks, Thufir
Hi, For a very basic setup it would work, but I would suggest POE at a minimum, and vlan support if possible. Gigabit uplinks, 10/100 for the poe ports http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-ProSAFE-M4100-D10-POE-Ethernet-Managed/dp/B00AUEYX0Y/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1424462577&sr=8-3&keywords=netgear+poe and Gigabit all ports http://www.amazon.com/Netgear-ProSAFE-GS110TPv2-Gigabit-GS110TP-200NAS/dp/B00LW9A328/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1424462577&sr=8-5&keywords=netgear+poe -Harry On 02/20/2015 12:58 PM, thufir wrote:> Pardon, this might be off-topic. I'm reading: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_switch > > For a setup of ~5 agents, would I be wrong in thinking that a generic 16 > port unmanaged switch would fit the bill? > > The first model to come up for me in an Amazon search is: > > http://support.netgear.com/product/fs116 > > > > Is this a reasonable choice? Would I be wrong in thinking that most any > Fast Ethernet switch would be fine for Asterisk? > > > > thanks, > > Thufir > >
On Fri, 20 Feb 2015 13:05:56 -0700, Harry McGregor wrote:> For a very basic setup it would work, but I would suggest POE at a > minimum, and vlan support if possible.thanks for the recomendations :) -Thufir
Hello,> Pardon, this might be off-topic. I'm reading: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_switch > > For a setup of ~5 agents, would I be wrong in thinking that a generic 16 > port unmanaged switch would fit the bill? > > The first model to come up for me in an Amazon search is: > > http://support.netgear.com/product/fs116 > > > > Is this a reasonable choice? Would I be wrong in thinking that most any > Fast Ethernet switch would be fine for Asterisk?Yes, this kind of switches would work. VLAN and PoE support would obviously be better for convenience and security, but those are not mandatory. -- Bertrand LUPART
On Fri, 20 Feb 2015 13:05:56 -0700, Harry McGregor wrote:> For a very basic setup it would work, but I would suggest POE at a > minimum, and vlan support if possible. > > Gigabit uplinks, 10/100 for the poe ports > > http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-ProSAFE-M4100-D10-POE-Ethernet-Managed/dp/B00AUEYX0Y/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1424462577&sr=8-3&keywords=netgear+poe> > and > > Gigabit all portsHypothetical: lag, choppy connection, dropped calls. Of course, I'd start with checking logs. How would I establish that the problem is that (some) of the ports aren't gigabit? Small office, about five agents. thanks, Thufir