Re: In wall switches

[Matt Simmons <standalone.sysadmin () gmail com>]

I'm going to be implementing some NJ220 switches. They are EOL, and
only 10/100, but their feature set is impressive for their size. I
wish they had more than one PoE port, since I'm using them to deploy
VoIP to a remote office, but in the end, this will be cheaper for us
than strapping a "real" PoE switch to each desk.

Normally, I'd have one large PoE switch centralized, but due to
building issues, it is impossible for us to run more wires up the 5
floors to our office from the central location, and it's cost
prohibitive to run horizontal wires. So we're stuck with this kludge.
I'm just glad it's an option, frankly.

--Matt


On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Jeff Kell <jeff-kell () utc edu> wrote:
> On 2/16/2010 11:45 AM, Douglas K. Rand wrote:
> > > Does anyone know of anything like a small, but managed in wall switch?
> > We had looked at the 3com NJ90 for a deployment. We ended up pulling
> > more wire instead, but it was a cool device. It isn't managed. But from
> > the 3com page I see that they now have new devices, the NJ220 for
> > managed fast Ethernet, and a NJ2000 for gigE.
>
> We have a number of NS220s out there working fine, but they are either
> EOS/EOL or their clocks are ticking.
>
> There is the NJ2000 series, but they have "issues" with management and
> proper reporting (our network management gear can't quite properly
> manage them as the NJ220s).
>
> Jeff



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