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Hi OCN,
I'm the IT of the small business I work for (we're right now at a little bit more then 15 employees).
I've been ask to do a "budget prevision" for a new network.
I need help to get the right Switches and Router. I'm not too bad in Networking, I've manage to create the small network with Cisco Packet tracer and found what I needed (logically) but I'm pretty lost when to choose the hardware (I miss experience to translate correctly the information's I'm given).
I would need, all need to be rack mountable:
1- L2 Switch (managed) 48 ports
Aggregation support.
Vlan support is a option.
100/1G Copper (10 G and or 10/100/1G is optional)
Spaning Tree support (I think it's in all the manageable switches)
(Optional Fiber optic links 10 G)
(QOS support optional, I'll need it with the router)
2- Router (Managed) could be 2 ports (1 Wan, 1 Lan) or more
(2 WAN is optional)
Aggregation support.
Vlan support is a option.
GigaLan Copper (10 G is optional)
QOS
(Wireless is optional (G and/or N)
3- Router (Managed) could be 2 ports (something lower end then the first one)
Vlan support is a option.
GigaLan Copper (10 G is optional)
Quickly it's what I have in mind.
Why the Manageable is for future proof, I have the feeling that the network will grow pretty quickly soon as the new one will be implanted.
If you as why the 10/100/1G option it's because I'm stuck with old units only working at 10 Mbs
and I can't remove them for now.
I'll also state that Cisco is out of the equation... it's freaky too expensive.
I would need brand and part #; also if you could add up technical reason why it's good it would help me at the same time.
Best regards,
NB: I did some research and found some interesting product in the brands
Dlink
Netgear
HP (I just look at them because they bought 3COMs) (any feedback about the reliability of their switches / router would be appreciated. I had too much issue with their entry level servers and their "home" PC are not that great either)...
Thank you for at least reading this I hope to have some help soon.
I'm the IT of the small business I work for (we're right now at a little bit more then 15 employees).
I've been ask to do a "budget prevision" for a new network.
I need help to get the right Switches and Router. I'm not too bad in Networking, I've manage to create the small network with Cisco Packet tracer and found what I needed (logically) but I'm pretty lost when to choose the hardware (I miss experience to translate correctly the information's I'm given).
I would need, all need to be rack mountable:
1- L2 Switch (managed) 48 ports
Aggregation support.
Vlan support is a option.
100/1G Copper (10 G and or 10/100/1G is optional)
Spaning Tree support (I think it's in all the manageable switches)
(Optional Fiber optic links 10 G)
(QOS support optional, I'll need it with the router)
2- Router (Managed) could be 2 ports (1 Wan, 1 Lan) or more
(2 WAN is optional)
Aggregation support.
Vlan support is a option.
GigaLan Copper (10 G is optional)
QOS
(Wireless is optional (G and/or N)
3- Router (Managed) could be 2 ports (something lower end then the first one)
Vlan support is a option.
GigaLan Copper (10 G is optional)
Quickly it's what I have in mind.
Why the Manageable is for future proof, I have the feeling that the network will grow pretty quickly soon as the new one will be implanted.
If you as why the 10/100/1G option it's because I'm stuck with old units only working at 10 Mbs

I'll also state that Cisco is out of the equation... it's freaky too expensive.
I would need brand and part #; also if you could add up technical reason why it's good it would help me at the same time.
Best regards,
NB: I did some research and found some interesting product in the brands
Dlink
Netgear
HP (I just look at them because they bought 3COMs) (any feedback about the reliability of their switches / router would be appreciated. I had too much issue with their entry level servers and their "home" PC are not that great either)...
Thank you for at least reading this I hope to have some help soon.