Recommended product! WS-8-250-AC
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 4:58 pm
Hi all!
I can really recommend the switches from Netonix. Great switches.
I'm located in Denmark (https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=cr&ei=0O7kVO2yH467Pc67gUg&fg=1#q=Denmark). A small country with only 5.5 millions habitants but well known for companies like Maersk, Lego, Carlsberg (
) etc. Also well known for the story teller Hans Christian Andersen and other people like Victor Borge, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones), Bjarke Ingels (architect) and of course Danish pastry 
As a WISP I have network at 2 different locations in Denmark. I use only UBNT equipment (Do have 2 set of LigoWave though) and has always bought the TOUGHswitches as they can power the equipment and I can remote power off the equipment, which can be handy as I live around 200 Km away from each of the networks.
Unfortunately as you all probably knows there has been issues with the TOUGHswitches. They have a strange behaviour that results in downstream speed being reduced to half of what upstream is. For me that is very bad. I deliver minimum 25 Mbps downstream to customers, but they usually get around 30-40 Mbps (I have to compete against fiber and LTE (4G)).
So something had to be done. I could swap all my TOUGHswitches to Cisco, HP or whatever. I could convert the 802.3af PoE to 24 V UBNT PoE with Instant 802.3af adapters.
All in all a not so good solution (and expensive), so I was very happy when Chris (Sirhc) announced the WS-8-250-AC switch. It was the right size for me and price is acceptable (a little expensive though as airfreight is very expensive from US to Europe)
I immediately ordered a couple and last week I received them :-)
Before installing them in production environment I had to play with them and of course get familiar with them. I must say I'm not disappointed at all :-)
Yesterday I swapped the TOUGHswitch Pro 8 port with my new Netonix WS-8-250-AC switch at the fiber location at one of my networks. Today I have got a lot of response from my customers. What have you done etc. The Internet is running at full speed
It's a very nice and easy GUI the switch have. One feature I like very much is the ability to test your cables. I found 2 faulty cables I have to redo. Also the 2 screws so I can mount the switch is a very nice detail.
I can only complain about one thing and that's the missing management port like the one on the TOUGHswitch, but hey I get over it. The switch has so much other to offer!
But instead of looking at pictures I think you should go order some of the great Netonix switches yourself :-)
Happy switching!
CLICK IMAGES BELOW TO SEE FULL SIZE
I can really recommend the switches from Netonix. Great switches.
I'm located in Denmark (https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=cr&ei=0O7kVO2yH467Pc67gUg&fg=1#q=Denmark). A small country with only 5.5 millions habitants but well known for companies like Maersk, Lego, Carlsberg (
) etc. Also well known for the story teller Hans Christian Andersen and other people like Victor Borge, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones), Bjarke Ingels (architect) and of course Danish pastry As a WISP I have network at 2 different locations in Denmark. I use only UBNT equipment (Do have 2 set of LigoWave though) and has always bought the TOUGHswitches as they can power the equipment and I can remote power off the equipment, which can be handy as I live around 200 Km away from each of the networks.
Unfortunately as you all probably knows there has been issues with the TOUGHswitches. They have a strange behaviour that results in downstream speed being reduced to half of what upstream is. For me that is very bad. I deliver minimum 25 Mbps downstream to customers, but they usually get around 30-40 Mbps (I have to compete against fiber and LTE (4G)).
So something had to be done. I could swap all my TOUGHswitches to Cisco, HP or whatever. I could convert the 802.3af PoE to 24 V UBNT PoE with Instant 802.3af adapters.
All in all a not so good solution (and expensive), so I was very happy when Chris (Sirhc) announced the WS-8-250-AC switch. It was the right size for me and price is acceptable (a little expensive though as airfreight is very expensive from US to Europe)
I immediately ordered a couple and last week I received them :-)
Before installing them in production environment I had to play with them and of course get familiar with them. I must say I'm not disappointed at all :-)
Yesterday I swapped the TOUGHswitch Pro 8 port with my new Netonix WS-8-250-AC switch at the fiber location at one of my networks. Today I have got a lot of response from my customers. What have you done etc. The Internet is running at full speed
It's a very nice and easy GUI the switch have. One feature I like very much is the ability to test your cables. I found 2 faulty cables I have to redo. Also the 2 screws so I can mount the switch is a very nice detail.
I can only complain about one thing and that's the missing management port like the one on the TOUGHswitch, but hey I get over it. The switch has so much other to offer!
But instead of looking at pictures I think you should go order some of the great Netonix switches yourself :-)
Happy switching!
CLICK IMAGES BELOW TO SEE FULL SIZE
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