My trusty Dell 2724 bought the farm last night and I'm now typing this by way of a 100' patch cable running down to my router. Does anyone have a recommendation on a replacement? I don't need anything fancy at all. My criteria are cheap, reliable, gigabit, not too noisy and 24 ports. Should I just get another 2724?
Need a switch recomendation
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I think that $100 is the top of my budget. I mean, I really don't use fancy network features. Is it possible that my 2724 isn't hosed? All of the lights are still blink'n. I had it in managed mode but never used that stuff so I set it to unmanaged and still no dice. I power cycled it a few times, nada.
You are US based I assume. Got an old 2824 that I could have offered cheaply but am in EU
And does it have a console port? Then you should attach a serial cable and boot with it connected via hypertem to check if its dead or not. Plenty of guides for this
And does it have a console port? Then you should attach a serial cable and boot with it connected via hypertem to check if its dead or not. Plenty of guides for this
Too bad.
There should be lots of cheap used enterprise switches you can get in that price range, depends on what noisy is for you. But if you were of with the Dell then either get another one or a successor. I was happy with the 28xx range until I wanted 10G
There should be lots of cheap used enterprise switches you can get in that price range, depends on what noisy is for you. But if you were of with the Dell then either get another one or a successor. I was happy with the 28xx range until I wanted 10G
Have you logged into the web interface on the switch to check for errors? Have you updated the firmware?
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I can't seem to log in to the web ui. It sort of worked this morning but now it just errors out. So even though all of the lights are blinking it's looking like it's dead. I'm open to ideas though.
What do folks think of this switch?
https://smile.amazon.com/TP-Link-24...159&sr=8-1&keywords=24+port+smart+switch&th=1
What do folks think of this switch?
https://smile.amazon.com/TP-Link-24...159&sr=8-1&keywords=24+port+smart+switch&th=1
If you haven't tried this already, power off and power on the switch then toggle between unmanaged and managed modes. That should reset default settings. In managed mode the switch should be at 192.168.2.1 be sure you have no other devices at that IP. If you can't log into the web ui then the switch is probably toast.
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If you can swing it Mikrotik CSS326-24G-2S+RM Cloud Smart Switch, 24xGbit LAN, 2xSFP+, Rackmount | eBay
At least has two SFP+ for when you're adding networking later.
Fanless and with a web interface so no commands to learn.
At least has two SFP+ for when you're adding networking later.
Fanless and with a web interface so no commands to learn.
Yeah I was thinking about that unmanaged TP-Link one for $70. I've had this managed Dell for something like 7 years now and never used it to full potential so unmanaged is probably fine for me. I'm not going to be going 10 Gbe and time soon and by then I'll probably just completely overhaul my network.
Those HP switches look nice for the money! That said I ordered the TP-Link mentioned above. It will be here by Wednesday and things suck here with no network. I don't want to wait a week or more to get my network back up and running. My home automation depends on the network so nothing is working now. It sucks having to turn off the lights, control the thermostats, lock the doors, wake and sleep the computers. We all overslept today because the home automation system wasn't there to get us up. Also all of my media is on the file server which is inaccessible. Lame.