Building large scale network infrastructure in business or corporate network, Gigabit enabled backbone connection is a must. Standard LAN connections from the Servers to the switch are recommended to use Gigabit connection. It is reasonable since huge packets traffic will flow from the users accessing the network resources (the servers). As a best practice, placing often accessed resources such as file servers; database servers or exchange servers in close proximity to clients will improve network response times. Connecting all the network resources to Gigabit switch is strongly recommended. You can find lots of business class Gigabit Switches available in the market such as Cisco SR2024.
Why you should switches for your business network? Switches learn MAC addresses of the connected Ethernet-based devices and build MAC address table. Switches flood all the ports with broadcast or multicast frames and good Switches must support STP – spanning protocol and Virtual LAN and inter VLAN across multiple switches. See also networking hardware requirements.
Cisco SR2024CT
For businesses, Cisco SR2024CT 24-port Gigabit switch is ideal solution for connecting small rooms with around 24 hosts. Or you may also consider 48-port switches for large deployments in large network environment.
Main features:
- 24-port 10/100/1000 Mbps
- Includes two combo mini GBIC ports
- Cisco SR2024CT 24 port 10/100/1000 Compact Gigabit Switch with 2 Combo mini GBIC (Gigabit Interface Converter) ports for integration into pre-existing high speed network.
- Eco-friendly technology to bring the ports into sleep mode for unused ports.
- Supports QoS features to preserve network bandwidth
- Autosensing MDI/MDI-X for flexible cable types either cross or straight
- Supports rack-mounting
D-Link DGS-1024D
Another 24-port gigabit switch you may consider is D-Link DGS-1024D. it’s a rack-mountable switch ideal for businesses.
Main features:
- Unmanaged 24-port 10/100/1000Mbps rack-mountable
- Powerful 48 Gbps full-duplex switching capacity
- 8k MAC address table – for learning and maintaining MAC address
- Compatible with 802.3 Ethernet, 802.3u Fast Ethernet, 802.3x Flow Control, and 802.3ab Gigabit Ethernet
- Plug and play
- Green technology to help conserve energy – power saving for un-used ports, power saving by cable length and reduce heating
For large networking environment, managed switches are very advantageous to let you manage them easily and remotely.
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Wher can i find 24 Port Switch and how much it will cost me to get this.
I need an ideal replacement for my dlink 1024D switch in cisco equipmnts, won’t mind your suggestions a all Thanks
You need to know what your needs including cisco switch with:
rackmountable, POE support, managed, stackable or with layer-3 support …
if your environment is not large and need a single 24-port switch SR2024 is suitable for you.
Or you may consider powerful Cisco SG200-50 with layer-3 static routing if your environment requires inter-vlan routing.