Cisco Catalyst WS-C3550-24-SMI \w EMI 24 Port vs 48 Port

What are the pros and cons to 24 port vs 48 port switches?

The reason I ask is my order arrived from Ebay and I received 2 x 48 port switches. However, I purchased 24 port.

Is this a big deal? Or would you rather have 48 port?

I also have a 24 port WS-C3560-24PS-S, from a different order that is good to go!

Should I file a PayPal dispute and try to return or exchange? Or did I score with better equipment for my home lab?

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Comments

Jasiono

The more the merrier!

oli356

In a lab environment I can't see there being a difference.. just one has double the amount of ports. If anything they will be worth more

Source: A random guess

Jasiono

Only difference I see is you have more ports on the one switch meaning you saved yourself room due to the fact you have the processing going on off one backplane as opposed to two.

I don't believe there are any disadvantages.

Is it the same model just a 48 port one?

Mrock4

I prefer 48's for my lab, just because if I get a 24 port and want to do a lot of cabling (ie: to various routers/inter-switch links, etc), and find a bad port, it's a bit more difficult to move things around..48 give a buffer I guess. It's all really preference, but I can't see a reason not to use 48 ports.

Brain_Power

Jasiono wrote: »

Is it the same model just a 48 port one?

Yes, same model and specs, just 48 port, versus the 24 port I thought I was getting.