qVAMPIREp Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 If you are looking for a new switch I give the new Netgear Smart Switches my highest recommendation. I swapped out my old switches (2 X FS726TP's and a GS108T) with a GS752TP last night and it was 100% painless! All I had to do was plug in the cables. My network, 3 NAS's, Control4 hardware, HDMI distribution, multi Cameras and VOIP phone all work better than ever. My transfer speed from NAS to Mac went from 80 MB/sec to 126 MB/sec!!!http://www.netgear.com/business/products/switches/smart-switches/smart-switches/GS728TP_GS728TPP_GS752TP.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 LOL swapping out any switch is a simple as moving over the cables. But I'll agree these are great switches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earo Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 LOL swapping out any switch is a simple as moving over the cables. But I'll agree these are great switches.That's what I thought until I had some serious issues swapping out a switch earlier this year. I had some major conflicts with Sonos and the Spanning Tree Protocol. Everything was working fine w/ my old (but very loud) 48 port Dell switch w/ Sonos. But then we tried swapping it out and all hell broke loose. I eventually found it easiest to go w/ an unmanaged switch to avoid the conflicts. To this day I'm still confused as to what happened, why it happened and what I could have done to prevent it. But the managed switches from Netgear and Planet simply didn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Yes fully managed switches are a completely different matter. Unmanaged or most 'smart' switches generally are not.Also Sonos in general can be a headache at times and is fairly well known to potentially cause issues on a more 'advanced' network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cashmoney Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 LOL swapping out any switch is a simple as moving over the cables. But I'll agree these are great switches.That's what I thought until I had some serious issues swapping out a switch earlier this year. I had some major conflicts with Sonos and the Spanning Tree Protocol. Everything was working fine w/ my old (but very loud) 48 port Dell switch w/ Sonos. But then we tried swapping it out and all hell broke loose. I eventually found it easiest to go w/ an unmanaged switch to avoid the conflicts. To this day I'm still confused as to what happened' date=' why it happened and what I could have done to prevent it. But the managed switches from Netgear and Planet simply didn't work.[/quote']Sonos is somewhat specific on how things get set-up if your using a managed switch, these configurations are discussed at length on their forums. Yes an unmanaged switch is the generally the best option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qVAMPIREp Posted October 18, 2013 Author Share Posted October 18, 2013 I can confirm no problem with my 2 Sonos ZP's on the new switch and VOIP is way better, no lags etc. All in all a great product so far and I like the power saving features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 LOL swapping out any switch is a simple as moving over the cables. But I'll agree these are great switches.Yeah, I think I employed my dog to install mine- I don't know. Yes, I run ProSafe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 I have a Dell 2724 PowerConnect switch. It works great, but it's noisy. Do these make less noise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Nope. Heat, noise, you name it. Industrial. My chiller is killing my electric budget but that and several other gizmos take my closet to 95 degF without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qVAMPIREp Posted October 19, 2013 Author Share Posted October 19, 2013 I have a Dell 2724 PowerConnect switch. It works great, but it's noisy. Do these make less noise?It's not silent by any means but quieter than my rack fans. For me not an issue since everything is in my mechanical room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 All my stuff is in the mechanical room too, but that happens to be across the hall from my theater. That isn't why I'm asking though, because that room seals off well enough. Being just across the hall from the theater I thought it would be cool to flush mount the main rack in the wall, across the hall from the theater doors. It does look super cool, and I get lots of compliments on it, but that fan is noisy. I'll probably just move the switch to the other rack, away from that opening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adidaswood Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 PriceyLooking at the specs it seems like a nice unit.Is there an option this nice, without POE or just a Few POE Ports? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas3622 Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Is the 24 port Netgear prosafe gigabit switch fanless? Some of them are stackable. I have run out of ports on my 24 port TP link and am thinking of installing 2 of the stackable 24's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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