Hi, I work in a Primary school where we want to upgrade our switch(s)/Networks. Currently we have a data panel (one on each floor, we have 3 floors) feeding into 10/100 24 port switch, which in turn is linked via cat 5 into a gig switch (backbone).
I am proposing to upgrade the 3 24 port 10/100 switches to to 3 * 48 gig PoE switchs. PoE so that we can get rid of these rather bulky PoE injectors.
I got two quotes that where the prices are hugely different. I would very much appreciate some help in understanding the difference in cost, and more importantly, would the extra facilities/capabilities of the first quote be useful to the school.
Quote 1:
3 x DGS-3120-48PC/SI 48 port 10/100/1000 Layer 2 Stackable POE gigabit switch.
£985.00 each
Quote 2
ZyXel GS1910-48 48 Port Gigabit PoE Smart Switch
195049
£558.33
Many Thanks