Need suggestions for a decent 24 port giga switch

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I need to get a managed 24 port switch (maybe a 16 port), I don't know if I need a layer 2 or 3 as I want to set up multiple network on the switch (home/business network). I'd also like to have some ports POE if that is possible, maybe to run some wired cameras. Can anyone suggest a switch that is as affordable as possible - I'm on a tight budget.

I was thinking about this one because it has all the features I need and it has a bandwidth monitor on each port:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833156315

Maybe this SMC:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833129249

Finally this TP-Link:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704094

I'd also like to use this switch to get more familiar with networking standards for small-medium size businesses.
 
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D-Links are ok, Mine isnt PoE but I have a 24-port gigabit its a DGS-1224T. I know they have 16-port models, as well as poe models.

You could go the HP route- but I dont know anything about their model numbers.

Dell is also ok- Ive never used them, but ive heard their gigabit poe switches are decent enough
 
If your gonna do it right get the best!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833120020

or

If you want one of the absolute best...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833415004

or if you just wanna get the job done...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122364&Tpk=GS724T

Or just wanna ....well.... get it done some how.

Then go with TPLINK or Trendnet

Now to get real and answer your question.
I do not think you need to have the added expense of a 24 port router. People seem to want to call them switches, even Cisco, but really they are just 24 port Ethernet based routers. What I would recommend and to save a TON of money is to get a low cost switch like one of the 3 you listed or the Netgear I listed (not a big fan of low cost switching anymore - but it will get the basics done and done well). I would then get a fire wall like Cisco ASA 5505 because you can do "Routing on a Stick" aka Virtual Ethernet interfaces on one port and assign them to different VLANs and you can basically have a complete separate set of networks all with internet access in your home. You can do this with a layer 3 "switch" but at a definite tax to do so.

Also the Cisco ASA firewalls have 2 PoE ports interfaces 0/6 and 0/7

Good luck.
 
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tangoseal said:
If your gonna do it right get the best!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833120020

or

If you want one of the absolute best...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833415004

or if you just wanna get the job done...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122364&Tpk=GS724T

Or just wanna ....well.... get it done some how.

Then go with TPLINK or Trendnet

Now to get real and answer your question.
I do not think you need to have the added expense of a 24 port router. People seem to want to call them switches, even Cisco, but really they are just 24 port Ethernet based routers. What I would recommend and to save a TON of money is to get a low cost switch like one of the 3 you listed or the Netgear I listed (not a big fan of low cost switching anymore - but it will get the basics done and done well). I would then get a fire wall like Cisco ASA 5505 because you can do "Routing on a Stick" aka Virtual Ethernet interfaces on one port and assign them to different VLANs and you can basically have a complete separate set of networks all with internet access in your home. You can do this with a layer 3 "switch" but at a definite tax to do so.

Also the Cisco ASA firewalls have 2 PoE ports interfaces 0/6 and 0/7

Good luck.
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What I'd recommend is a HP 1800 or 1900 series switch or even a Cisco 300 series switch. You can do your VLANing on there and then if you need to route between VLANs, do that at your router. A fully Layer 3 switch is big money. Just get a Layer 2+ switch and do the routing on a, yeah, router. For a router you could go with Cisco or even Mikrotik. For POE devices, just get a seperate 10/100 POE switch and use that. 10/100/1000 switches with POE are very expensive. You can get decent 10/100 POE switches for a couple hundred or less.
 
For non-POE:

The cheapest/lowest Layer 2 switch I'd go is the Netgear JGS524E PROSAFE® PLUS SWITCH

For Layer 2+ HP Procurve 1810-24G or Dell PowerConnect 2824

The GS724T is ok, but the MTBF is too low....

Try the HP Procurve HP 1910-24G

For POE I'd look at the:

HP Procurve 1910-24G-PoE
 
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