chasdrury Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 (edited) So, Waylanders post made me think about usuage of power for stuff in our house - in the cellar i have a bog old Nortel 48 port switch humming away - it cannot be very power friendly at all - the fans are on all the time and it makes a racket. Are there any low power consumption switches (gigabit)about that are 19" rack mountable? Oh, and not very deep.... :-) Edited October 5, 2015 by chasdrury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burble Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 I was all set to make a recommendation until I saw the layer 3 requirement. Hmm. I know a few that will let you power off the LED's but I can't imagine that makes any significant difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasdrury Posted October 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 So, Waylanders post made me think about usuage of power for stuff in our house - in the cellar i have a bog old Nortel 48 port switch humming away - it cannot be very power friendly at all - the fans are on all the time and it makes a racket. Are there any low power consumption switches (gigabit)about that are 19" rack mountable? Oh, and not very deep.... :-) And i just looked the switch up that I have now - the max usage is 135W (i am not using all 48 ports but i guess that's really high!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasdrury Posted October 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 I was all set to make a recommendation until I saw the layer 3 requirement. Hmm. I know a few that will let you power off the LED's but I can't imagine that makes any significant difference. Don't worry about Layer 3 - i don't use it much only for fiddling and testing etc. Been looking at some TP-Link ones - any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burble Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 TP-Link tends to polarise opinion, some people love their kit whilst others hate it. My opinion is that for the price point it's pretty good stuff. I've got a few bits of TP-Link stuff knocking about and it hasn't give me any trouble. I like HP edge switches, I'm not a fan of their big chassis switches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 (edited) TP-LINK TL-SG1048 - 48 port on full load is about 70ish watts if I remember rightly. Edited October 5, 2015 by Mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 Blimey what do you do with a 48port switch in the home?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-bmw Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 Switch 48 ports off/on. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasdrury Posted October 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 Blimey what do you do with a 48port switch in the home?? All sorts of stuff.. I've got about 20 hard wired CAT6 ports in the house that all go to the cellar and terminate there. Then a variety of servers / routers / firewalls for a lab for testing etc for work related stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 I've got about 20 hard wired CAT6 ports Think I can beat that number, got a coax ports (for TV) and dual RJ45 ports in every room - no idea what I was thinking when I built the house, maybe it was wifi and cordless phone will never catch on lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasdrury Posted October 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 Think I can beat that number, got a coax ports (for TV) and dual RJ45 ports in every room - no idea what I was thinking when I built the house, maybe it was wifi and cordless phone will never catch on lol I can never get wireless working very well in my house, thick walls and the signal doesn't seem to go very far. Best I've found so far is Cisco Meraki AP. Working well and very quick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 If you're refurbing or re-wiring putting a CAT6 feed into areas is really sensible I think. Rather have it and not use it, than not have it and wish I had. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 Yes. I have Cat5 socket in every room too. Funnily enough one of the houses we look at before this one also had tv ports in every room Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 Wifi just won't cut it when it comes to 1080p feeds. I have 4 ports just for the TV, media player, bluray, and Skybox in the front room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 Really? I don't have issues with it - mind you, currently showing connected at 878Mbps on 802.11ac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 Actually, ignore that, all my media stuff is on switched 1Gbps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 What's up with wifi for a 1080 stream? Here is a list of the Internet speeds recommended by several popular streaming services: Netflix 1 Mbps for viewing on a laptop computer 2 Mbps for SD video on a TV 4 Mbps for 720p HD video 5 Mbps for "the best video and audio experience" (according to Netflix) Hulu PlusNote: If a TV show or movie repeatedly needs to buffer, Hulu Plus will stop streaming the video and recommend that you downgrade the video quality. 1 Mbps for SD video 2 Mbps for 720p video Over 3.2 Mbps for best quality HD video and audio VuduNote: All Vudu movies are streamed with Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 audio. 1.0 - 2.3 Mbps for SD video 2.3 - 4.5 Mbps for 720p video 4.5 - 9.0 Mbps for HDX 1080p video Over 9 Mbps for 3D HD movies Scaling up for multiple streams would possibly become an issue depending on your wifi setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 (edited) What's up with wifi for a 1080 stream? Nothing, if you're streaming compressed "HD" video with 2 channel sound from the internet and like the wifi router pretty close to your TV. However, I prefer to watch less compressed Bluray quality 1080p with DTS (or TrueHD) audio and watching over Gigabit, streamed from my server, which doesn't have caching or blurring issues. BTW, 25 Megabits per second is recommended for Ultra HD, Netflix equivalent to 1080p. Netflix consumes: Medium (SD: 0.7 GB per hour) High (Best video quality, up to 3 GB per hour for HD and 7 GB per hour for Ultra HD) Edited October 6, 2015 by Andy_Bangle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 Aha! I've not noticed any issues on my wifi but I must be honest and say it normally goes to my TV which is all wired up at 1Gb.When the content is remote I can't say I've really noticed any issues. Streaming VirginMedia content to the TV is done over dedicated 10Mb and I've streamed 3D HD from the web without issue. It could of course be I'm not that fussy/blind and I don't notice the difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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