[Asterisk-Users] LAN switches with PoE? PoE phones?

[John Brown]

Hi Mike,

Cisco makes PoE switches, either at the Cat 29xx or
the Cat 35xx levels.  The 29xx don't have gige uplinks, but
the 35xx's do via GBIC interfaces.  Meaning you will also need
to get a GBIC media converter depending the media type (copper
fiber, etc)

And of course Cisco makes PoE based phones 7940 7960
which work well with *

Grandstream currently requires a wall-wart, but later
models are suppose to use PoE as well.

I'd personally put the phones on their own subnet so that
ACL filtering at the router will be easier, static IP alloc
will be easier.

hope this helps

john brown
chagres technologies, inc
sip: 50870 at fwd
ptsn: (01) 505 830 1200 USA



On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 12:44:43PM -0500, Mike Ciholas wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm looking for recommendations on ethernet switches for a new
> install.  Ideally would want switches with at least 24 ports,
> ideally with a GE uplink, and that support PoE (power over
> ethernet) on every port.  I've seen lots of switches, and lots of
> "power hubs", but the combination, which makes a lot of sense,
> seems rare.  What is out there?  Do the switches need to be 
> special for IP phones in anyway?  QoS support?  Managed?
> 
> Also, are there PoE phones that work with *?  Most I look at seem 
> to be powered from AC wall blocks.  We'd like to centralize the 
> switching and power and provide a UPS so the phone system works 
> when the power goes out.
> 
> [Apologies, I'm new to this whole concept of IP phones and *.]
> 
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