I currently have in place JGS524 Netgear ProSafe 24port Gigabit switches. Total of 5 between 3 sites. I use TZ-215 sonicwalls at each site.
I'm moving the whole network around so I have a few questions to make sure I'm moving the right direction. My current switches are unmanaged and don't support VLANs. In the next 6 months we are discussing the move to a hybrid VOIP configuration. I am also moving to have a redundant/maybe round robin configuration at Site A and have PTP connections to Site B and Site C. All internet will be going through Site A. Each site has a DC running DHCP and DNS per site.
My Goal is to get new managed switches preferably for under $1000 each. I'm not concerned with SFP+ connections but the ones I am finding are about 2 grand a piece. I will be setting up VLANs for Internet traffic, VOIP(eventually), and wireless(sonicpoints).
Any suggestions, not brand but specific models. I'm currently looking at:
GS728TP-100NAS
GSM7328S-200NAS
WS-C2960S-24TD-L
Thoughts on these? Do you use one of them and how are they doing for you? Other recommendations?
I plan to work with Sonicwall support to figure out the best config between the sonicwall and whatever switch I go with, but open to suggestions.
One last question I have it what is the best practice when moving from using the WAN port to using PTP. I feel like the default WAN port blocks things that I can't remove because it is considered an untrusted zone. My thought is to create a new zone for the PTP connection and then add VLANs and ACLs or should I use the WAN port at each remote? (Hopefully that made sense).
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