Network Switches
Voxis
and its Independent Agents sell and maintain very wide variety
of network switches
Cisco, TP-Link, HP, Juniper, Aruba just to name a few, below is
some information on different switch types
Unmanaged Switches
Most basic and least expensive, they are plug and play, no settings,
no programming, no management and no remote monitoring. These
switches are good for small offices with light LAN traffic in
which only 1 switch is deployed
Smart Switches
Mid End Management Features and Mid End Pricing, these switches
often have programmable features similar to fully managed switches,
these switches are good for offices with higher amounts of LAN
traffic and/ or multiple switches are deployed. VLAN and QoS are
the important feature sets for a proper VoIP deployment in High
LAN traffic or multiple switch environments.
Fully Managed Switches
High End Feature sets, often have reporting and monitoring capabilities,
for use in Enterprise environments and extreme LAN traffic deployments
POE switches
All 3 types of switches, unmanaged, smart and fully managed have
POE or Power of Ethernet models. POE switches allow for the deployment
of phones without a power cable, of a cleaner looking deployment