Following on from my other thread here, I need to pick some industrial switches for a large build. I've got a list of requirements (but surely something obvious that I'd never consider looking for because it's "standard" will be omitted from the product I purchase.) The question is, how do you know what's actually good? Datasheets only tell you what features exist. Reviews are questionable. I can buy two and try them, but that's a limited test. Also, no-one seems to just post a fucking price. Everyone wants me to request a quote. That doesn't make life easy.
Do I just roll with "no-one ever got fired for buying Cisco?" Try some other reputable brand and see how it plays out? Take a punt on something cheap and unknown that seems to have all the right features ("Leonton")?
Requirements:
All switches: DIN rail mount High temperature (unsure exactly how high. Sunlight in a shed in the tropics.) High humidity (95%) Redundant power input Fully managed
Edge switches: Full POE+ Shitloads of copper ports (16 is the number to beat)
Distribution switches: Shitloads of SFP ports (12 is the number to beat) Layer 3 Dynamic routing HSRP or similar DHCP relay
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