Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Mixing 1000mb & 100mb switches - Network slowdowns?

Hi,

I am working in a 3 building enviornment (all within 50 yards from each other). All wiring is Cat6 - no fiber and the ISP is 150/150.

We have a combo of IP cameras, IP phones, wifi devices etc.

Each building has a main 1000mb switch (Cisco - SG500-28P) and multiple 100mb POE Switches (Cisco CE500-24PC - all 24 ports POE).

Buildings are all connected to the 1000mb Cisco switch (as are wifi access points and other 'main' equipment).

Building 1 (main building) - has 1 (Cisco - SG500-28P 1gb switch) with two of the Cisco CE500-24PC switches - covering 25 cameras & 30 IP phones. Also two Ubquiti Wifi access points.

Building 2 (2nd priority) has 1 (Cisco - SG500-28P 1gb switch) and 1 of the Cisco CE500-24PC switches- covering 15 cameras & 10 IP phones. Also one Ubquiti Wifi access points. Also has the IP Camera DVR

Building 3 (3rd priority) has 1 (Cisco - SG500-28P 1gb switch) covering 3 cameras & 2 IP phones. One Ubquiti Wifi access points. Also has the IP Camera DVR

We are using a 255.255.254.0 scheme & have roughly 300 devices.

My question is regarding the network flow - to ensure things are good are there any issues with using 100mb POE for IP cameras and IP Phones in terms of data flow?

We have a bunch of spare Cisco CE500-24PC 100mb units - about 8. We sort of just pop them on as we need them (more phones / cameras / other).

Thanks, Rich



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