Hi
Crossposted from /r/homelab .
Currently the "IT Person" for a small office in Canada in a building with two floors. Rooms are pre-wired with three wiring closets connected by conduits. I've got my network topology figured out along, just deciding on which switches to get. Nothing fancy for the requirements, just basic VLANs with an edgerouter X doing all of the routing.
- 24 port Ubiquiti switches. Have this narrowed down to the ES-24-LITE-US or the US-24-US.
- 24 Port Netgear Smart Switch (GS724T)
I'm leaning towards the Netgear switches since they would handle functionality just fine and would come with a lifetime warranty (with supposed next business day replacement) as well. Can get them on Amazon for approx. $270+GST.
In contrast the Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch Lite is about $10 cheaper, probably has more developed features (and more timely software upgrades) but only has a one year warranty. Even if bought with a credit card, that would only be extending the warranty for an additional year. The other Ubiquiti switch is approx. $20 more expensive and can be integrated with the controller software used for our Unifi AC-LR WAP. One year warranty as well.
Can anyone share their experiences or recommendations. I guess this boils down to if the Netgear warranty outweighs the Ubiquiti software and software updates.
Thanks
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