+1 on the HP switches. Further recommendation (which I know won't fly, but I'll make it anyway): Pull the cable needed to keep VoIP separate from everything else, and get VoIP its own infrastructure.
Kurt On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 11:05, Reimer, Mark <mark.rei...@prairie.edu> wrote: > Hi folks, > > > > I need some opinions. > > > > Up until now (don’t laugh), we have been using unmanaged switches, and it’s > been working. But we hope to implement a VOIP system (probably based on > Asterix software), and there are other factors (VLAN’s for one) that will > require us to install managed switches. > > > > I know Cisco is the cream of the crop, and the most expensive. I’ve heard > that HP is quite good as well. > > > > So, without starting too many flame wars, can people make a recommendation, > (or a “unrecommendation”)? > > > > This would be for one physical location, looking at 150-200 drops scattered > throughout campus (we are an educational institution). We are planning to > use the current Ethernet wiring (CAT 5 or better in all places), with the > phone and computer using the same physical wire. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > Mark Reimer, A+, MCSA > > Windows Servers & Networking > > Prairie Bible Institute > > Box 4000 > > Three Hills, AB T0M-2N0 > > Canada > > Tel: 403-443-5511, Ext. 3476 > > Fax: 403-443-5540 > > Email: mark.rei...@prairie.edu > > www.prairie.edu > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
