Low cost vlan capable switches?

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Topic # 113801 28-Jan-2013 18:14
I am looking at a pair of netgear gs108t's to trunk 3 seperate networks between 2 buildings with only a single cat5e between them. Is there any reason not to get them? Would be coming from the US via a reshipper so the absurd NZ markups are a non issue. Richard rich.ms

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Reply # 752309 28-Jan-2013 21:25
How much? I use Level One switches if I want cheap VLAN capable stuff. *Need help configuring your Linksys ATA or IP Phones for New Zealand? Check my blog post

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Reply # 752342 28-Jan-2013 22:19
I've used them, but not in any permanent installation (mostly for network tracing), they seem like good and capable switches, the VLAN capabilities worked fine, I never really tested the internal routing though.

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Reply # 752347 28-Jan-2013 22:31
Get a couple of the Mikrotik 750G switches, 5xGb ports, full 802.1q trunking. No more than about $180NZ from goWifi or even trademe. GoWifi will also have bigger Mikrotik switches, most likely. "Customers don’t expect you to be perfect. They do expect you to fix things when they go wrong." Donald Porter – British Airways The views expressed here are my own and are not reflective of other organisms or organisations.

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Reply # 752348 28-Jan-2013 22:32
The Level One's are fine for basic layer2 stuff. Have one that handles 30 VLANs and about 300mbps of constant traffic no problems. For the next step up using the Cisco SGE2000 and SG300 series.

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Reply # 752677 29-Jan-2013 14:43
I have Cisco/Linksys SLM2008 switches at home .. cost $25 each off of TradeMe (Cisco were selling them off CHEAP for Cure Kids) Work a treat, VLANs, 802.3ad, SNMP alerts etc etc They are gigabit, 8 ports and can be powered via PoE.

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Reply # 758841 10-Feb-2013 00:14
Got the linksyses off trademe, certainly not $25 but still a good deal for 4 of them. Now I have the flatmates DSL connection trunked out to the workspace so I can use it to test on. Richard rich.ms

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Reply # 758846 10-Feb-2013 02:01
DoomlordVekk: Get a couple of the Mikrotik 750G switches, 5xGb ports, full 802.1q trunking. No more than about $180NZ from goWifi or even trademe. GoWifi will also have bigger Mikrotik switches, most likely. This!