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willay |
posted on 15th Sep 14 at 08:48 |
easier management, voip devices don't have to listen to all the broadcast shite happening in the 'main' vlan | |
Bart |
posted on 13th Sep 14 at 11:43 |
Is there any real benefit to segregating the VOIP traffic for say.... 30-40 users? | |
VrsTurbo |
posted on 13th Sep 14 at 09:05 |
If you want to segregate the VoIP traffic into it's own vlan for network qos etc. if you don't have it already then I wouldn't worry as you'll be needing to reconfigure a few things | |
Bart |
posted on 12th Sep 14 at 19:24 |
quote: Not sure.... Currently using 3x GS748T's (without the VOIP equipment). What benefits do layer3 bring? | |
VrsTurbo |
posted on 12th Sep 14 at 18:12 |
Layer3? | |
Bart |
posted on 12th Sep 14 at 14:25 |
without necessarily needing a "cheap switch", any recommendations for a specific switch to the following specs; | |
Kyle T |
posted on 4th Sep 14 at 14:05 |
quote: I've been told that Cisco phones CAN be flakey on non-Cisco networks but never witnessed it myself, as we keep buying Cisco! I'm not sure if it's just something I've noticed, but Cisco "people" seem irrationally brand loyal and it doesn't surprise me that rumours circulate about things without it ever being the case in a production environment! A wee update on my situation, I've talked the options through with the business and although 8 x $2000 is not a large amount of money on the scale of the project - they've opted to settle for radio comms in those buildings. Yay for me, but I imagine I'll be revisiting that decision in a few months... | |
John |
posted on 4th Sep 14 at 06:57 |
Cisco guys setting it all up must have been idiots (completely plausible) | |
willay |
posted on 4th Sep 14 at 06:50 |
We use exclusively Cisco POE phones with HP PoE switches, we have 0 issues. | |
John |
posted on 3rd Sep 14 at 22:24 |
Cisco phones/systems are funny with non Cisco switches. | |
Nismo |
posted on 3rd Sep 14 at 22:21 |
Ive never really had any issues with the 300 series. | |
John |
posted on 3rd Sep 14 at 19:51 |
I've got some newer lower end Cisco phone system/router things and I greatly dislike them. They aren't that much more stable than another random brand. | |
pow |
posted on 3rd Sep 14 at 19:48 |
I had an ASA that used to shut the Fa ports down whenever it felt like it. Never got to the bottom of it. | |
Kyle T |
posted on 3rd Sep 14 at 15:44 |
quote: Seems even Cisco stuff ain't reliable anymore, had an ASA just drop dead at a satellite office today meaning no internet, no DHCP and no VPN back to base. Luckily I happened to be at that Satellite so swapped it out for a 1921 I just happened to have knocking around... | |
willay |
posted on 3rd Sep 14 at 07:21 |
quote: Lots of people use third party gbics with no issues, I cant comment personally but its in wide use. | |
willay |
posted on 3rd Sep 14 at 07:20 |
the small stuff isn't 'proper' cisco, afaik there isnt much access to IOS (its quite cut down), its just not what you'd expect from standard IOS devices imo. | |
pow |
posted on 2nd Sep 14 at 23:12 |
There are problems with the 300 series stuff... | |
Kyle T |
posted on 2nd Sep 14 at 22:27 |
Crikey, good find - never looked at the small business stuff before, why is it so cheap?! | |
Nismo |
posted on 2nd Sep 14 at 20:19 |
Cisco small business 300 series? | |
Kyle T |
posted on 2nd Sep 14 at 18:08 |
Yeah Cisco is lifetime too. | |
willay |
posted on 2nd Sep 14 at 16:04 |
for non Cisco stuff, a HP E2610 might do the job if they still sell them. We have them here as edge switches (I hate them), but they do 24/48 port configs with or without PoE, and all the other stuff you need. Very cheap in comparison and have lifetime warranty (though I read in some places that cisco do lifetime warranty if you bought it new?) | |
willay |
posted on 2nd Sep 14 at 16:01 |
Stick with Cisco if you can get away with, if there is only one phone per building why not just fork out the £15 for the power block? | |
Kyle T |
posted on 2nd Sep 14 at 15:56 |
I need some cheap switches, they need the following: |