Which MT switch to buy? (24 or 48 ports, rackmount, PoE)?

Hardware MikroTik hardware general
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Hello,

Looking for a 24 or even 48 ports (gigabit), 1 or 2U rackmount switch with PoE? Any suggestions what to buy?

Thanks for your help.

2

IF SFP not matter:

http://routerboard.com/CRS125-24G-1S-RM

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Most important question

Budget


Other question would be the features you require ?

*Telnet/SSH Access
*Physical Console Port
*SFP/SFP+ Uplink Ports
*L3 Switching
*Dual Power Supplies
*LLDP/LLDP MED
*IGMP Snooping



You cannot go wrong with HP ProCurve’s but they cost good coin.We’ve had a couple of Netgear GS724TP/728TP’s deployed in smaller sites and whilst they work OK that web interface is downright buggy and awful on the units.

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This is MikroTik forum. I’m wrong or you suggest deliberately to use other competitors hardware???

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You are wrong.Unless poster means POE input required MTK don’t have anything catering for his needs.

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Of course I would like to buy MikroTik and not any other brand :slight_smile:

Right now my client has this one → http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/switches/srw224g4p-24-port-10-100-4-port-gigabit-switch-webview-poe/model.html

I would like to replace it with MikroTik which should have :

  • Layer 2 (with VLAN support)
  • minimum of 24 ports required (can be 10/100, but why not 10/100/1000)
  • PoE (to connect GeoVision cameras)
  • rackmount (can be 1U or more - there’s enough room)
  • max budget 500€ it possible :smiley:
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AH!!! YOU NEED PoE OUT, NOT IN!!!

MikroTik do not have 24 port switch with PoE out.
(At max 5 port switch with PoE out 2A for each PoE out port, or 10 port switch with only one PoE out port 500mA)

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Jup :slight_smile:

Well, I don’t need PoE on all 24 ports - at the moment we have only 8 cameras connected to the switch, so PoE on 12 ports (as Linksys) would be great…

Any plans for this in the future, MikroTik?

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I hope on future MikroTik produce sommething like RB1100AHx2-GUP (gigabit PoE out [voltage out as source voltage in] on all port exept one PoE in)

10

Unfortunately, as said, MikroTik doesn’t have any high density PoE switches. You can usually pick up a midspan gigabit injector rather inexpensively and provide 12 or 16 PoE ports through the midspan. You’ll still save money versus other options.

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Unfortunately, MTK product line is still not as carefully designed as other vendors’. The lack of affordable, enterprise-grade Gbit switches with POE out on all ports and wirespeed switching capabilities ON ALL PORTS is one example. For your needs, I would suggest to take a look at this: http://www.ubnt.com/edgemax/edgeswitch/

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Be careful not to use certain switches for the wrong purposes. The MikroTik CRS series offers wire-speed switching ON ALL PORTS, it just doesn’t offer wire speed routing (neither does the UBNT Edgeswitch). While the MT units are lacking a few features (DHCP and IGMP snooping), they are otherwise very suitable for a datacenter. Remember, when you’re talking core switching, or switching within the datacenter, more often than not, you do not require PoE. It’s the edge switches, which are normally kept in LAN closets closer to the users, which would most often need PoE to power things like deskphones, WAPs, IP cameras, etc. So I have to disagree with your statement - MT’s product line is carefully designed. They look at their user community demand, and try to build units that meet their users’ needs. I’m sure as their product line continues to mature, we’ll start seeing edge switches and high density switches with wire-speed layer 3 capabilities.