Hey guys,
I am a voip engineer in Germany and currently own no proper homelab. Thats something I wanna change, due to several different pbx providers I support and different sip phones, Teams phones etc. - its quite hard to fit all this stuff on my desk. So I will start my voip lab on a ikea shelf in my room.
I thought about the networking hardware I want to use and saw my Mikrotik book in the shelf. Several years ago, I wanted to use more Mikrotik, but it went into nowhere, due to the birth of my son. Now I wanna start again. Maybe some basic stuff like a switch and an additional access point in the future ...
I definitly need a PoE switch with some power. I cant work with a 50w device, more than 100W would be a nice thing. The device I currently have in my mind is this one: https://mikrotik.com/product/crs112_8p_4s_in
... but is it a good idea, to start with a crs device? I've been working with the hap ac lite some years ago, but that device wouldn't fit my needs. Any thoughts regarding this?
Best regards
Jan