Hi,
I'm about to move to a new home, planning on doing a new network from scratch, it will have 6 PCs (desktop, downloading pc, server, HTPC, and 2x laptops), and to have a small Synology Diskstation mainly for managing and recording 8x POE 3mega pixel cameras, the routers and cable model is supplied by ISP, but its a 10/100 router, works pretty good, but its slow and only 4 connections.
So im trying to search for the perfect switch to go with the supplied router, i need at least 8 POE ports (the cameras consume a 5 to 15W), i also need at 4 ports for the PC (laptops will be on wifi), and another port to connect the router and another for the wifi access point, so thats 6 more, maybe ill add another access point depending on how things goes with the coverage but at least i need 14 ports, so a 16 port with 8 POE would be an ideal switch for me, wouldn't mind to go with twin 8 ports, but my router is 10/100 and will be doing the DHCP, so i want to avoid transferring data through it to avoid the bottleneck of the 10/100 network.
There is no set budget, would prefer if its below $500, but willing to go higher if it will be more reliable,faster, cooler running, easier to maintain, etc. Some switches that im staring to consider are the following,
TRENDnet 16-Port Gigabit Web Smart PoE+ Switch (TPE-1620WS)
Intellinet 16-Port PoE Web-Managed Gigabit Ethernet Switch (560535)
BV-Tech 16 Port 250W Gigabit (1000Mbps) Power over Ethernet (PoE) Network Switch
Buffalo 16-Port Rackmount Gigabit 802.3at PoE Web Managed Switch (BSL-PS-G2116M)
Please let me know what you think would be the best route, or if you have any suggestions, or another switch that i should consider, really looking for some guidance, never really have gone into this expensive switches, been more of 5/8 port consumer based switches that i been happy till now.
I'm about to move to a new home, planning on doing a new network from scratch, it will have 6 PCs (desktop, downloading pc, server, HTPC, and 2x laptops), and to have a small Synology Diskstation mainly for managing and recording 8x POE 3mega pixel cameras, the routers and cable model is supplied by ISP, but its a 10/100 router, works pretty good, but its slow and only 4 connections.
So im trying to search for the perfect switch to go with the supplied router, i need at least 8 POE ports (the cameras consume a 5 to 15W), i also need at 4 ports for the PC (laptops will be on wifi), and another port to connect the router and another for the wifi access point, so thats 6 more, maybe ill add another access point depending on how things goes with the coverage but at least i need 14 ports, so a 16 port with 8 POE would be an ideal switch for me, wouldn't mind to go with twin 8 ports, but my router is 10/100 and will be doing the DHCP, so i want to avoid transferring data through it to avoid the bottleneck of the 10/100 network.
There is no set budget, would prefer if its below $500, but willing to go higher if it will be more reliable,faster, cooler running, easier to maintain, etc. Some switches that im staring to consider are the following,
TRENDnet 16-Port Gigabit Web Smart PoE+ Switch (TPE-1620WS)
Intellinet 16-Port PoE Web-Managed Gigabit Ethernet Switch (560535)
BV-Tech 16 Port 250W Gigabit (1000Mbps) Power over Ethernet (PoE) Network Switch
Buffalo 16-Port Rackmount Gigabit 802.3at PoE Web Managed Switch (BSL-PS-G2116M)
Please let me know what you think would be the best route, or if you have any suggestions, or another switch that i should consider, really looking for some guidance, never really have gone into this expensive switches, been more of 5/8 port consumer based switches that i been happy till now.
