[asterisk-users] Quiet 24 port POE gig switch

[Claus Herwig]

Hello,

> I need to put a 24 port Gig PoE switch into a small office – no computer 
> room / rack etc.  All CAT5 terminates near the owners desk (smart huh?).

I had a similar problem some days ago. 24-port GBit Switch in the middle 
of a classroom...

I ended up with a kind of "semi-loud" setup: I bought a 3Com 3CBLSG 
switch (this is without PoE, but there is a PoE version of it). There 
are two quite noisy 40x40x10 fans inside. I replaced the two with one 
40x40x20 ebmPapst silent fan (model 412/2, 18dB), left the other fan 
offline and mounted the whole thing vertically so that convection 
supports the remaining fan. I tried with two silent fans (enough space 
inside), but this still was too noisy.

Some measurement indicates the cooling is sufficient this way. But 
understand that I've no long term data, as I installed this setup just 
two weeks ago. And of course your warranty is void ;-)

Greets,
   Claus

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