Hubs/Switches

bjaxx

Hello,

I just wanted to hear what the CCNA guys think about using hubs/switches for locations there is only one network drop?

Is it bad practice?

tiersten

We talking about only doing this in a couple of places or is every single person in a 100+ person company going to end up with a 48 port switch under their desk?

bjaxx

tiersten wrote:

We talking about only doing this in a couple of places or is every single person in a 100+ person company going to end up with a 48 port switch under their desk?

We talking a few spots where there has been put say a 6 port netgear switch.

astorrs

Personally if I can avoid it I will. I'd rather run additional drops. But sometimes cost (or old buildings) can make this not worthwhile. Unmanaged switch propagation or whatever you want to call it can be a real pain. In a small office or one without remote sites its less of an issue if you know where everything is - just make sure to document it - or the next guy to take over your job when you move onto better things will hate you!

networker050184

astorrs wrote:

Personally if I can avoid it I will. I'd rather run additional drops. But sometimes cost (or old buildings) can make this not worthwhile. Unmanaged switch propagation or whatever you want to call it can be a real pain. In a small office or one without remote sites its less of an issue if you know where everything is - just make sure to document it - or the next guy to take over your job when you move onto better things will hate you!

+1

Anything that you can not manage you want to keep off your network if at all possible.