Bryce, While the ME-3400G-12CS-A does have 12 ports, at over $350+ on the used market I don't think its a viable option.
On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 9:53 PM, Bryce Duchcherer <bduc...@netago.ca> wrote: > Cisco ME3400. There is a 12-port Ethernet/sfp combo version. > > > > Bryce Duchcherer > > NETAGO > > > > *From:* wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] *On > Behalf Of *Colton Conor > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 2, 2016 12:44 > *To:* WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> > *Subject:* [WISPA] MDU Ethernet Switch > > > > 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 > Wireless@wispa.org > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >
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