Good Layer 2 PoE Switches?

[Jamsan]

Anyone have any experience with l2 managed poe switches? The only L2 ones Cisco makes are 24 port max, and I need about 120 ports on 1 floor, and another 65 or so on another. (5 and 3 switches with little to no redundancy on each floor). The switches are about $1800 each, not including smartnet.

Are there any good switches out there. 48 port (all PoE) would be nice, 24 port is OK as well. 10/100 is all that's required, but if 10/100/1000 is relatively inexpensive, I will look into that as well.

Thanks.

Edit: Looks like the HP 2610-48-PWR fits the bill pretty well. Anyone have any experience with HP switches? How similar are these to Cisco switches configuration wise?

 

[drebo]

What kind of PoE device are you running on it? If it's a legacy Cisco device (older Aironets, 7940 and 7960 IP phones for example), that will limit your choice significantly.

There is a dongle that can be used with compatible switches (Dell switches are the only ones I know to be 100% compatible besides Cisco), but otherwise you're limited to Cisco.

If it's standard 802.11af, then the HPs will probably work well. I've always had good luck with HP ProCurves.

 

[Jamsan]

They're Mitel 5330 IP Phones and later on down the road, we'd be using newer aironets (1130 series most likely). It appears they're both 802.11af complianet, so I think we should be good with the HP switches I have in my op. 2K for 48 ports should save us quite a bit of money over the Cisco switches + smartnet contracts over time. Thanks.

 

[Agamar]

I use the Dell 3448P and 3548P L2 POE switches. They have 48 ports and 2 gbic ports for Fiber links. Dell also has a 6248P that is all gigabit POE. It is a full layer 3 switch though, and fairly expensive.

 

[hausdave]

I just installed a CISCO 3750G and it works quite well

 

[tomt4535]

Originally posted by: hausdave
I just installed a CISCO 3750G and it works quite well

We have a few 3750's here too and they are great.

 

[jlazzaro]

unless you have a real need for stacking, 3560's work just as well for less $$$.

 

[networkman]

Originally posted by: jlazzaro
unless you have a real need for stacking, 3560's work just as well for less $$$.

Agreed. We have 3 of the 3560s in our organization(at different branches) and they work out great.