Managed Switch

[crowarth]

Hey guys and girls,

Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced managed gigabit switch? I struggle to find anything that's reasonably priced, as the ones I'm used to are typically 48 port (or 24port) and are very expensive.

I've seen a few that are reasonably priced, but the features they have are some times lacking

 

[Feronix]

But how many ports do you need?

 

[barnsley]

But how many ports do you need?

This and what features do you actually need?

 

[crowarth]

8 ports would be plenty. As for features, associating a private ip range (10.0.0.0/24 etc) to a VLAN and then untagging or tagging that to a port.

at a basic level, that's what i'm after. anything else is a plus

 

[Thelosouvlakia]

I don't think there are 8 port switches that are managed.

 

[barnsley]

I don't think there are 8 port switches that are managed.

There are.
http://www.ebuyer.com/239684-cisco-...-8-port-10-100-l3-managed-switch-srw208-k9-g5


OP what is your budget?

 

[crowarth]

ideally, around the £100 mark (which the one you've linked to fits in nicely), although that's only FastEthernet rather than Gigabit

 

[barnsley]

ideally, around the £100 mark (which the one you've linked to fits in nicely), although that's only FastEthernet rather than Gigabit

This?
http://www.ebuyer.com/264288-cisco-small-business-200-series-8-port-gigabit-smart-switch-slm2008t-uk

 

[crowarth]

This?
http://www.ebuyer.com/264288-cisco-small-business-200-series-8-port-gigabit-smart-switch-slm2008t-uk

Hey, that looks fairly good for the money. Proof is in the pudding as they say. Thanks! That'll go on my shopping list, I think!

 

[Kei]

I got an hp procurve 1910 8G switch for my network. All metal construction and an internal psu so it takes an IEC rather than using a wall-wart. It also has a console cable allowing traditional terminal access in addition to the web interface, plus a ninth port in the form of an SFP should you need it.
http://www.lambda-tek.com/HP-JG348A~sh/2472399