we've always used https://planetechusa.com
planet switches are easy to use, very affordable and you can get them in industrial versions that are temp hardened. On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 2:33 PM, Colton Conor <[email protected]> wrote: > Sean, > > Which distributor do you recommend for planet switches? > > On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 3:20 PM, Sean Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> planet >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 12:43 PM, Colton Conor <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I am in need of a recommendation for a small Ethernet switch for an MDU >>> applications. This is a garden style community where each building has >>> between 4 to 8 units inside of the building. There are 15 buildings on the >>> property. We would run a new CAT6 drop from a central point in the building >>> to each unit. This central point would either be in the attic, or on the >>> side of the exterior wall in some type of enclosure. >>> >>> Then we would run fiber uplink from each building's switch to a headend >>> room. The headend room would have the aggergation fiber switch, a router, >>> and an uplink to the internet. >>> >>> We would hand a copper Ethernet hand off to the client in a unit, and >>> then the could use whatever router they wanted, or plug their computer in >>> directly to the wall. >>> >>> I think all I need is a switch per building (not a router), and ideally >>> this switch needs to have: >>> >>> - At Least 1 SFP fiber uplink port. 2 would be nice for daisy chaining, >>> but not required. >>> - 4 to 8 Copper Gigabit Ports. I don't need POE output power on these >>> ports. >>> - SNMP For remote monitoring >>> - CLI or some sort of web based remote management >>> - Temperature Hardened or able to be in a hot attic >>> - Some sort of L2 port isolation or private vlans where other >>> subscribers can see each other. All traffic goes in and out of uplink >>> - Rate limiting for each individual port >>> - Full duplex speed and wireline switching is preferred. >>> - We be nice to be remotely powered using PoE in, but not required. >>> Might be hard however to get power to the attic or side of building. >>> >>> >>> So far, options that come to mind are: >>> >>> https://routerboard.com/RB260GS for $36. Looks like a good option, but >>> not sure about SwitchOS. Worried Mikrotik won't continue to improve >>> switchOS. Feature set seems limited. Not sure about port isolation options? >>> Says it support Poe-In for power. Temp range looks good. No CLI. >>> >>> https://www.ubnt.com/edgemax/edgerouter-x-sfp/ $72. Double the price of >>> the Mikrotik. OS seems more robust. Seem more like a router than switch so >>> might be overkill for application. NO Poe-IN power option, but could I used >>> a passive poe injector to still power it remotely? >>> >>> https://www.ubnt.com/edgemax/edgepoint/ The EP-R6 is about $105. Looks >>> like its basically the edgerouter-x-sfp but in an outdoor case, and this >>> model supports PoE Input. This smaller unit doesn't seem to have any fiber >>> slack management like the other units in the edgepoint lineup. Includes POE >>> injector to power unit. >>> >>> I was thinking maybe a GPON ONT per building that has 4 to 8 Ethernet >>> ports on it. However, there are no small GPON OLTs out there. Plus, most >>> outdoor ONT's are like $250+ each. >>> >>> >>> What else is out there? I would say price range would be sub $200 per >>> building max. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wireless mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wireless mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >
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