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Is there a service that if I provided a network map would provide me with suggested switches for a mixed (i.e poe for voip and non voip for computers and smart tvs) home network?
jjesson,
Having an 802.3at switch will still be depending on how your network to be setup and depends on the devices that will be connected to it. Yes, you are correct. Even if the main switch is GS510TP which is a POE+(802.3at), the GS110TP will still remain the same running in POE(802.3af).
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The above is crude network sketch. My biggest question is when you are mixing poe and non poe assignments how do you control the ports (ie I assume you can't have a poe port to a non poe appliance). I also don't know understand if the down stream switches get their power from the first switch or do they need individual ac outlets for power. I would like some flexibility to in terms of future expansion and I don't no whether those devices will poe or non poe. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
JohnCarloV
I assume you have to power the the main 8-10 port switch but does that switch power the 5 port switches. And with the switches you are suggesting do you have to map out the network or do the switches sense whether they are providing poe automatically.
POE Switches will only provide power after it received a request from a POE device. May I know if you wanted this 5 port switches to be connected directly to the main switch(GS110TP) or you wanted this switches to be on daisy chain?
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JohnCarloV,
If you mean by "daisy chain" that the downstream switches (the switches after the 8-10 port switch connected to the router). There will only be one connection to the router. Then the first 5 port switch will feed 2 switches and one of those will feed another.
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