This morning I went into my office to find Cisco IP phone had connection to the network but couldn't connect to the internet. I turned on the TV in my office (Lenovo stick PC with a UI3 BI client running) and my cameras were gone. Went down to the rack and found that my POE switch was dead. Dead dead. Did the typical troubleshooting.....it was dead.
This is a 16 port POE BVTech switch with about a year and a half of use. But this is not my warning.
My Warning - Do NOT rely upon one switch for everything. It's great to have everything on a 48 port switch right? Yeah....until the power supply fails for no good reason and you find yourself patching together anything that you can find to get back online. When we start talking cameras and security, this is big.
Because of the way that I built my network, I was able to bring everything back online with some patching. Computers, cameras, and phone back within minutes. New switch being delivered tomorrow. Do not short yourself on redundancy. I don't need 72 active ports for my house (pretty cool though), but being able to bypass and patch around a failed switch is important. When putting together your network, think about what you would do if you lost a port, a group of ports, or a switch.
As is said, one is none and two is one. Be prepared for the inevitable......
This is a 16 port POE BVTech switch with about a year and a half of use. But this is not my warning.
My Warning - Do NOT rely upon one switch for everything. It's great to have everything on a 48 port switch right? Yeah....until the power supply fails for no good reason and you find yourself patching together anything that you can find to get back online. When we start talking cameras and security, this is big.
Because of the way that I built my network, I was able to bring everything back online with some patching. Computers, cameras, and phone back within minutes. New switch being delivered tomorrow. Do not short yourself on redundancy. I don't need 72 active ports for my house (pretty cool though), but being able to bypass and patch around a failed switch is important. When putting together your network, think about what you would do if you lost a port, a group of ports, or a switch.
As is said, one is none and two is one. Be prepared for the inevitable......