Advice for new office setup
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So, we're actually going for a 1GB bearer so each office will have a super super super amount of bandwidth to play with.
I will probably let it all open as SAM suggested and apply some QOS to priotitise phone and data traffic (can this also be done on Ubiiquiti ER8?) .I will however limit the guest network in the building to only consume say 8mb for example as I dont want guests using much at all.
The guys are VERY heavy internet users and need a super quick and reliable network to work from so need a reliable and secure base infrastructure
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@Joel said in Advice for new office setup:
So, we're actually going for a 1GB bearer so each office will have a super super super amount of bandwidth to play with.
I will probably let it all open as SAM suggested and apply some QOS to priotitise phone and data traffic (can this also be done on Ubiiquiti ER8?) .Yes.
I haven't heard of any switches failing in years now. Failed due to bad configuration/wiring/heat/cold yes. Anyone around here actually had a switch go bad on them?
The cold thing, someone thought it would be a good idea to keep the window open in the middle of winter to attempt to cool the server room. He came home one day to 2 feet of snow sitting inside the room (melting), and a nice large pile on top of the main Cisco switch.
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@travisdh1 Same here, haven't lost a switch in many years.
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@Joel said in Advice for new office setup:
So, we're actually going for a 1GB bearer so each office will have a super super super amount of bandwidth to play with.
I will probably let it all open as SAM suggested and apply some QOS to priotitise phone and data traffic (can this also be done on Ubiiquiti ER8?) .Yes, by protocol for example. Prioritize RTP the most.
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@Joel said in Advice for new office setup:
I will however limit the guest network in the building to only consume say 8mb for example as I dont want guests using much at all.
that makes sense, you don't want guest getting comfortable and using a lot even if no one else is using it.
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@travisdh1 I haven't ever had a switch die on me.
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@wirestyle22 said in Advice for new office setup:
@travisdh1 I haven't ever had a switch die on me.
Used to be common, back in the early switch does of 1999 - 2005. Often individual ports would die or the whole switch would just choke.
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We did lose half of one switch a year or two ago. But that was a lightning strike and the switch is still in use anyway!
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Guess im not as lucky. Within the last year i had a 24 port completely die, a 48 start randomly dropping packets, and finally a 48 that would sometimes boot but these were 7-8 year old switches. I ended up replacing the remaining 48s as a precaution.
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@scottalanmiller said in Advice for new office setup:
We did lose half of one switch a year or two ago. But that was a lightning strike and the switch is still in use anyway!
Yeah, we had lightning strike here and take out 4 switches. I took the opportunity to consolidate down to 2 replacements. One of them near where I suspect it came in through is still going strong!
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@travisdh1 said in Advice for new office setup:
@scottalanmiller said in Advice for new office setup:
We did lose half of one switch a year or two ago. But that was a lightning strike and the switch is still in use anyway!
Yeah, we had lightning strike here and take out 4 switches. I took the opportunity to consolidate down to 2 replacements. One of them near where I suspect it came in through is still going strong!
Even with a UPS?
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@wirestyle22 said in Advice for new office setup:
@travisdh1 said in Advice for new office setup:
@scottalanmiller said in Advice for new office setup:
We did lose half of one switch a year or two ago. But that was a lightning strike and the switch is still in use anyway!
Yeah, we had lightning strike here and take out 4 switches. I took the opportunity to consolidate down to 2 replacements. One of them near where I suspect it came in through is still going strong!
Even with a UPS?
Yep, had the two UPS units those were on get blown as well. That was a rough week.
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@travisdh1 said in Advice for new office setup:
@wirestyle22 said in Advice for new office setup:
@travisdh1 said in Advice for new office setup:
@scottalanmiller said in Advice for new office setup:
We did lose half of one switch a year or two ago. But that was a lightning strike and the switch is still in use anyway!
Yeah, we had lightning strike here and take out 4 switches. I took the opportunity to consolidate down to 2 replacements. One of them near where I suspect it came in through is still going strong!
Even with a UPS?
Yep, had the two UPS units those were on get blown as well. That was a rough week.
Wow. Tough.
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@wirestyle22 said in Advice for new office setup:
@travisdh1 said in Advice for new office setup:
@wirestyle22 said in Advice for new office setup:
@travisdh1 said in Advice for new office setup:
@scottalanmiller said in Advice for new office setup:
We did lose half of one switch a year or two ago. But that was a lightning strike and the switch is still in use anyway!
Yeah, we had lightning strike here and take out 4 switches. I took the opportunity to consolidate down to 2 replacements. One of them near where I suspect it came in through is still going strong!
Even with a UPS?
Yep, had the two UPS units those were on get blown as well. That was a rough week.
Wow. Tough.
Yeah, our label printer got hit as well. That stupid thing is so twichy with power that you look at it crooked and have it zap itself. Server came through it just fine tho
