Hi,
Can anyone here with some IT knowledge please recommend a 48 Port Network Switch for a home Network.
Unmanaged is Fine.
No less then 4-5 POE Ports
Budget <$500
Thank you
48 Port PoE Network Switch Recommendation
Yiannakis50 on 08/11/2023 - 23:03
Last edited 09/11/2023 - 09:25 by 1 other user
Last edited 09/11/2023 - 09:25 by 1 other user
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OP is working for Optus.
It's purely for home use, connecting everything in the home back to a central location. i.e. bedrooms, office, tv etc.
You seriously need a 48 port switch?
Anything like that is going to be designed for rackmount, noisy and very power hungry. I've seen managed switches run at a couple hundred W just turned on (no PoE).
Unmanaged switches are all much of a muchness though, just look at TP Link or Netgear.
I have already bought a rack and am already in the rabbit hole! Didn't realise the power consumption! So my f-up there.
I'm also mounting the NVR in the rack and an amplifier.
I recently ran Cat6 to all the Bedrooms/TVs/Garage/Office/Booster in the house, so while there may not be 48 (roughly 26) I'll need something >24
Thank you
Look for something lower power then. But unmanaged switches, get pretty much anything.
Personally, I would just do a couple of 24s and have the cameras run off their own PoE switch and also plug the recorder to it. I might also have the cameras set up on their own network, depending on where the gear was from.
I recently ran Cat6 to all the Bedrooms/TVs/Garage/Office/Booster in the house, so while there may not be 48 (roughly 26) I'll need something
So you got around 20 rooms? or do you have four ports for each room?
Anything 48 port with POE is going to have LOUD fans…..
Maybe look at some fanless 24 port switches instead like this
https://www.dlink.com.au/business-solutions/DGS-1100-24PV2-2…
has 12 POE ports, so mix it with a non POE version
https://www.dlink.com.au/business-solutions/DGS-1100-24V2-24…
Its easy if you split. Get one 24 port switch and a 8 port poe. Also make sure you calculate the poe requirements. The wattage can easily add up. Higher wattage poe switches are more expensive.
While it requires a bit of work to configure it something such as a Cisco 3750G (second hand) are cheap and plentiful. Most old Cisco devices fit your need with the caveat of some work to configure them.
A 48-port PoE is also likely to be very deep to accommodate the larger power supply.
How deep is your rack?
How deep is your rack?
Pics please…
Since you are going for a rack anyhow, consider 2 x switches.
One high speed non POE for your high demand devices and another POE lower speed for your NVM cameras.
Keep your costs and power consumption down buying right size second hand on the POE switch.These two options are cheap and fanless, so low noise, lower power consumption.
Edimax 24 Port Gigabit Rack-Mount Unmanaged Switch + 2 SFP Ports. High-Speed NetworkingandJumboFrames. Designed for Medium /Large Network Environments. Includes Brackets. $178.19 (New) @PBTech 1000Mbps Access ports
EDIMAX ED-ES5816P 16 PORT POE MANAGED RACKMOUNT SWITCH (Used) $110 @TheTelcoShop 100Mbps Access ports
Might as well get a managed switch and setup a bunch of VLANs to keep your devices separate from one another. For example, a VLAN for IoT devices, security, personal stuff, maybe a guest network, etc.
What’s the use case in a residential setting?