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I'm interested in ubiquiti alternative networking equipment for home. I'm in the IT industry and this cisco switch looks awesome for my home switch. What do you think @NetworkChuck ?
Hey Network Chuck! I am a new subscriber of your channel. I am 42 yrs old, switched careers 6 months ago and I am now a data center technician. About a year ago, it was mainly your channel that inspired me and gave me the confidence to make the change for the better. I just want to say thank you. Your videos have helped me tremendously. Good vibes dude
It's nice to see Cisco finally doing some interesting development. I guess Ubiquiti is starting to take a decent enough chunk of the SMB to make Cisco take notice and care about the little guys.
@@ikeman828 for my home i have there udm pro, 3 access points with both ports aggregated on each, a 24 poe gen 2 switch, 3 cameras and door bell. The udm pro is connected to the switch via 10gig port. I might be adding some of there small mini switches as well. I just need to figure out where i would put them.
These are the starter drug of the Cisco experience. I have been addicted for over 20 years. Also liked and could not believe I was not subscribed, so fixed that. Your videos are also awesome and fast so never boring. I just bought the POE 8 port version of this switch to replace a 3560cx that died and was over kill. Love the easy features for our customers but am also die hard CLI person and would not want to configure a switch any other way.
Mate I've been in I.T for 34 years as a System Engineer. I subscribed to your Channel just on the basis of your genuine enthusiasm alone. As an Aussie that scores high points with me. Great video!
100% sold on this switch after seeing this, huge upgrade from previous, and couldn't be happier. Good ol cisco comfy CLI makes me all warm and fuzzy thanks for all you do here, your enthusiasm is contagious!
When I see any network device having a years long uptime I don't think this sturdy hardware (even though it is) but I think this is lousy security management not installing security patches/upgrade at all. It's not like Cisco doesn't have security issues like anybody else. They also release security updates regularly. Don't get me wrong, I work with Cisco devices since 1996. I think Cisco devices are generally great (and I own some shares) but they need management, maintenance (including regular updates), and monitoring like everything else in the business.
not mentioned in the video: to do the upgrades that you rightly say need to be done, you need a support agreement for that hardware fully paid up from the time you bought it until the time of the upgrade (information correct at time of writing). No support agreement = no upgrades. Which to be honest is probably why Chuck sees years of uptime on the hardware...
@@cgaquikkie Very true. I have a service contract for my Cisco C926-4P router I use for VDSL2 at home and it's €75 per year. Without that I can't get firmware updates, which really is a shame. Some vendors have much more user friendly policies. Ubiquiti comes to mind.
My Huawei switches have 2+ years uptime and have last updates too. How? They let install patches in realtime, without reboot and services interruption. And yes I say about cheap access switches.
@@splintorjke2009 hey man, great feature.Can u tell me how it works in case of Huawei?I got 15 years experience with Cisco and never touched Huawei.So u setup auto patching directly in config device and the path where it should be patched from? Then maintenance time when the action must be done and all done with no reboot?
The one thing that disappointed me was that the switches are *still* Gigabit Ethernet (including the x-connect SFPs). Vendors must start thinking about 10Gbit ports in the SOHO. It is already possible, and not that expensive, to run a small NAS box with M.2 drives that will easily saturate a gigabit link. Two workstations can transfer among themselves many gigabytes of data per second, if only the network would allow it. WiFi6 devices can do many hundreds of megabits. Also, the cost of gigabit net access is becoming very affordable. In theory, a PC doing a speed test at one end of one switch (the router being connected to the other one) will almost saturate the link between two switches for the duration of the test (unless QoS is well configured, I know). At this moment, if I have to equip a new office, I wouldn't buy a quality gigabit switch. We need at least one bank of 10Gbps links for a SAN, a network expansion, etc. P. S. The GUI and the self-configuration are awesome indeed.
Hi Chuck, I'm also studying for Network engineer at my company and to be honest I never seen such modern GUI on a switch before, most of the time I study in the company they were all CLI and ssh mode or sometime telnet into it. This video makes me want to study more about networking engineer. Cheers mate!
Good vid! My first switch for running game servers was purchased in 1997. It was a cisco. It had latency issues, lag, with 12 full CS Servers. I reached out to Cisco support back then. Back then, people in support were mostly engineers, so he just knew immediately what the problem was. The reply I got was "It's a cisco. Just increase the route cache size. It can't lag." "How?" He read me 1 line to input into telnet, and it worked. Ofc. Looking at this, this is a massive step up in user friendliness. Have been using/selling/recommending HPE switches for the past 20 years due to pricing - but this might just change that. Let's see where this goes :)
Man let me tell you something, normally i don't leave any comments in TH-cam videos at all, But you make me leave a comment to tell you Thank you so so much for this video and God bless you. I really appreciate your time and work.
Well, another advantage of this C1000 series is old IOS as before. Since C2960X series is going to be announced soon for EoL and successor is C9000 series, namely C9200/C9200L instead of C2960X. C9000 series already running on Linux kernex IOS XE which has slightly different syntax but more or less same from standard admin perspective. Difference comes while we compare licensing system which comes with C9000 series which is pure madness on corporate level. Crazy! Smart licensing is whatever just not easy and makes additional cost. I simply DONT care about DNA Essentials, DNA Advantage.... Why so simple functionality as HSRP was moved over to higher license and thus I have to use VRRP instead ? Thus I would prefer IOS rather than IOS XE due to licensing policy.
i was a CCNP for years in a big company and deployed hundrets of cisco switches. also nexus 7k. since 3 years i am self employed and i deployed a dozend of unifi switches. i have never thougt i would deploy unifi, till a colleague just said i should try. in a small or medium business, there must be a good reason i would use cisco now, and right now, i did not found one of this reasons. for sure, the iOS is great, but 90% of the features you will never use of it. i dont need 10 different spanning tree protocols. the only thing what i miss at unifi is the stacking option. this is awesome at cisco switches.
My organization is a Cisco shop and we use a ton of 3560CX's, a lot of which sit outside in boxes that bake in the Oklahoma summer and freeze during winters, yet they've been running for years with no problem! My understanding is that the C1000's are suppose to be the replacement for them. Our customers have been pissed at the quotes we've been giving them for the Catalyst 9000 series and were relieved when we provided prices for the C1000's. We've ordered some but haven't yet deployed any. Really looking forward to seeing how they hold up in some of our more harsh environments
-Wonderful...!!!! -Thanks Chuck, thanks to Cisco for creating these smaller solutions that we can implement in small businesses and maybe even at home ... !!! -I am a network engineer here in Brazil, where everything in dollars is very expensive, a solution like this is wonderful. -I'm already asking you to build a cisco router with an old pc or Raspberry Pi or an equivalent and a giga server board with ports, why to set up a homemade lab or do we have to do virtual or set up a physical lab with devices as well old ones. -I'm studying for CCNA and I was really a fan of Cisco, and this news is wonderful, who knows, I may still have my home network set up with Cisco ... !!! -Thanks for the knowledge and the news ... !!!
Just finished setting up my 899 4G LTE at home(yeah it's overkill I know). The satisfaction of getting everything flawlessly running and switching between LTE and my coax provider if the last one fails is beyond words... I work with this every day, but at a much more advanced level(IPVPN, BGP etc), so my biggest issue was actually overthinking things... I treated my own setup at home like it was work instead of keeping it simple. And I see that alot at my job as well, we have customer doing a simple backup failover, where they want us to redirect traffic blablabla, instead they could actually just pull the uplink on their r1 router... (I get that not all customers are on the installation site, so in those cases we do help them) Most of our customers that had the 899 deployed has been swapped with the 1111 8P 4G-LTE due to the 899's SKU mismatch bug in some of our deployed firmware, the 1111 is really great though. Hopefully I'll be able to get my hands on one via work for a lower cost in a few years... Mind due, the 899 is working great... These catalyst switches look awsome, and what a fantastic GUI(I'm more of a CLI guy myself, but this was pretty sexy). Your demonstration is interesting but not to pushy either, the enthusiasm is just spot on btw, great stuff, keep it up man
Good to know. Cisco finally got that every serious company on the market targeting the entire client's scope. That is cool that it is possible now to offer SMB clients with Cisco gear and do not be considered as a robber )))))
Ubiquiti switch and Cisco Switch is no comparison. As Chuck said, Cisco more expensive but there is no better Switch on the market. Ubiquiti is cheaper, but I seen them have issues all the time. They're only ok for at home, not small to medium businesses.
@@Piglet6256 I definitely agree cisco hardware is better.. but to say all of Ubiquiti is only good for home use is a bit of an exaggeration. I have deployed hundreds of Ubquiti devices and have seen only a handful have issues. In a large business this is unacceptable, however many small to medium sized organizations are willing to take that chance/downtime to cut cost. As NetworkChuck said this may not be the right move but it is definitely the typical one.
I'd love to see a series of videos for building out the ultimate home/small office network. I want to build something that supports desktop PCs, wireless devices, a NAS, some kind of server that lets me run VMs or containers, a VNR with cameras/doorbell powered by POE, etc. Would like to segment the network to separate VLANS for stuff that needs to be really secure (NAS, my main desktop), consumer devices like printers and thermostat, guest network, etc. All with Internet access that's secure, but also expose some services that I can access away from home (e.g. home automation app).
Cisco switches are the easiest to configure if you are network engineer! Cisco tried to enter into the small business many years ago with Linksys and failed, now they are trying again after seeing Ubiquity success with SMB customers. I deployed a lot of Cisco network equipment and UC collaboration solutions over the years and I keep doing this on the daily basis. But I have ubiquity at home because I wasn’t able to find cost effective solution for routing switch and wireless that I can manage from everywhere. I’ve seen some of my customers moving from Cisco wireless solutions to UniFi because they can’t afford a Cisco wireless refresh.
This, 100%. On the mgmt plane, meraki is targeted for easy to scale infrastructure, but the licensing has a barrier to enter price tag. I wouldn't just ask licensing, gui is fine but does it have centralized managent capabilities, Cat9k's have a rich rest/netconf env, and meraki is dashboard friendly. Where do these fall into that?
@@ShnitzenGiggles for the right price wouldn't mind not having a central console. I would mind a yearly licence that would lock me out or not give me updates with out it.
@@Peter240896 yeah but that avenue really depends on the team. If you have a team with devops experience, it might not be necessary to have a dashboard and only the licensing aspect is a contentious point. However, since devops still isn't a mainstream skill, licensing and centralized management are key aspects. However, we are talking about SOHO setups, but still Ubuiquiti has the market for SOHO deployments because of its licensing structure AND centralized management. Forget about the lack of enterprise level support.
Cisco equipment just runs ! Hell I have a 3560 48 port that just runs my home network.... i.e. Servers, Security, kids network...yadda yadda. And the lifetime of this equipment (according to Cisco) is 20+ years, dumped by companies after 5 years. Which I bought (2 of them) for $55.00 ...each!!!
Well all other are the same. I have HPE/3Com switches (and Cisco, Ubiquiti, Dlink) for many many years running w/o problem. Do you think I'm restarting HPE switch every two hours? No, it just runs.
what do you think if you set up a home network with one of those Switches? say you build your a new house wire it with Cat 6 cable to a central point in the house. Because a lot of devices coming out on the market are coming with Ethernet plugs etc. Smart. You can have a command center. What you think of that you think that is possible?
I've tryed to find info about stacking these things, and even in official datasheet there was one line about it: it stacks. So thx fo showing this functional to us.
the 48 port costs the same as an enterprise grade... except the enterprise grade comes with redundant power. Its still cheaper to buy a used/older or lower model... like a 350x or even a 300x series. Ubiquity is still the cheaper and easier option.
As a Cisco Certified Partner, I love these switches! I’ve installed several and they are downright awesome. Most exciting switch that Cisco has released in awhile. The APs are also on point. As for the ISR900 routers... I’ve been going back and forth with Cisco and distribution (D&H) for over a month now trying to order one for a customer (C926-4P). None of the SKUs show up in CCW, distribution says they aren’t a North American product, and Cisco says that they don’t know! Yet Cisco shows them as orderable on the website... anxiously awaiting to be able to obtain one.
It looks like they've married the two with this one. It's GUI-configurable over a Cisco IOS base, where the Meraki stuff is cloud-managed. The physical switches themselves do look at lot like Meraki stuff, though.
This is a Cisco switch. Meraki used their own cloud based dashboard and require a subscription. Although, even Cisco Meraki has a SMB product line now as well.
this is Cisco switch and runs classic IOS OS like the Cat2k switches..the command reference are exactly same what you see on other switches if you prefer CLI
This series does not have traditional stacking abilities in which the backplane becomes interconnected for higher redundancy. It also is considered a layer 2 switch on the Cisco FAQ page but does support only static routing. No support of OSPF or EIGRP.
Well we have Cisco SG300/SG350 due to the price of Catalyst switches. AP wise though, we have chosen Unifi simply due to the pricetag. Must say I love the SG300 series, rock solid and been working perfect for around 10 years, now we are slowly changeing them to SG350x to get a 10G backbone.
I’m an audio engineer and I just ordered 4 of the 24 port version with PoE. I’ll be using these in a Dante environment in a conference room, so it‘s awesome to have a fanless 24port switch with some PoE ports and QoS. Very excited for these. Will be replacing some SG350, which are too noisy.
I only buy Cisco for the POE function. 48port that does PoE AT at $120 w dual 1100W Psu!!!!! Bought a Cisco WS-C3750X discontinued Catalyst series on ebay. 48ports that does POE AT, dual redundant 1100W PSU and 2 modular fan with the latest firmware license. For a measly $120!!! I remembered when this beast hit the market when it came out like a decade ago it was like $5k. Pros: Dirt cheap network gear for what it does, same level of performance compared to Ubiquiti that will costs you at least $1000 and they only comes with max 700W and the PSU is not modular. Also forget second hand market for deep discount, they will probably cost $100 less and that's all. Did I mention POE AT??? LOL Ditching all the power bricks of my devices and going POE! What a JOY! Tons of features, you can get a couple of these and setup a spanning tree network lab, that along will worth your money. Literally turned one of my hobbies into a legit network certify title. Couple of Cons: it's fairly noisy, specially booting up, it sounds like a jet engine. No 10gb, grated you can buy a module that does 4x1gb, 2x10gb sfp+ or 4X10gb sfp+ but that will cost you another $150 for the module. But if you only needed the poe you'll be fine without it. IOS is not for beginners, you need to have some basic knowledge, NO GUI, all CLI so you better be prepared or prepare to learn. Small but a very annoy one. PROPIETARY POWER CABLE, I mean WTF?!? CISCO why the notch!!! sooo annoy!!! you need to get that cable first before you purchase a cisco switch or router, I found out the hard way, and no Best Buy, Target will solve this problem at the last moment.. Also you would need a usb serial and a serial rollover cable to manage it. Bear in mind those requirements before you purchase. For anything else, I would suggest Mikrotik, Ubiquiti its just getting way too expensive for my taste. I mean Ubiquiti AC Pro is $130 vs the $60 Mikrotik Cap AC... But that damn blue square ubiquity light.... it does fill good to have a couple of them lined up and lit up.
Smart move.. Strategy wise they have the infrastructure to support the SOHO Market and I can see them focusing on this for the future.. Ubiquiti is great but if Cisco focuses their energy on their market it will be a serious battle. When Xbox Came out people thought MS came in too late - MS has the $$$ and support to setup shop and compete.
Chuck, this series seems to be made to compete against the Ubiquiti line in terms of price. I’d love to see a comparison between the two. I work as a network engineer, but I usually can’t afford Cisco equipment. That has been pushing me towards Ubiquiti for my home lab... but now, this line has me excited. I’d love to hear more.
-> Cisco is huge & they are smart... Right after releasing (AT LAST) "user friendly / noob proof / color GUI" switches, they new EXACTLY who to send it to... I don't think there is anybody else who could review / talk / present a product in the way that Chuck does (when he's excited about it...). 80% of the kids don't get this level of love / excitement / passion / attention, but little newborn baby Cisco Catalyst got it! New Network Products that Chuck is super excited about should have a little sticker on them "Approved by NetworkChuck", which if I had to choose from 5 items without any info about them and one of them had that sticker, I would literally (I mean it) buy it without doing any research! Plus i9f the customer would not know what that means & would google the video about that product, it's either he would learn about it or if potential customer ws on the fence whihc one to get , that dilema would end 1 min into Chucks review about i …….ok gonna go hug my kids, maybe spend more time with them... (LMAO)
On the subject of security Cisco has been in the news more than most for having hard coded back doors, zero days and just poor security code no? Maybe that's why they are suddenly making a grasp for the SOHO market.
that's a bias which can happen in security (i didn't look at the data) the OS / devices which are used the most become the most targeted because of course, hackers gain the most out of targeting them
I'm 100% percent sure that you are better than any professor in any hacking school. With all those lines and arrows. DAMN IT, so good and smooth. Cheers to that coffee ;) !
It's a gigabit switch in 2020 for almost $400. It's only cheap in Cisco land. Still a total rip off for anyone who didn't get stuck using only Cisco after passing their CCNA.
I don't know what to think about this Switch and also can't share your enthusiasm. Working in IT (in the military where security is #1 prio), webpages on networking devices are a no-go, same with all those auto features like stacking and that bluetooth thing (whatever that's good for). I'm happy with my CLI. Only if I can do everything I can do an real Cisco Switches, then it's an ok product.
What's wrong with web pages on network equipment? Some of our equipment is managed primarily by web page, like Call managers and the KG-175. Granted the KG's web management is out of band, but it's there.
So i use Ubiquiti for all my customers. It's another concept but the prices are good and the controller is great to manage all the devices. So my switches run for years now and i don't have a single broken switch. A check between Cisco and Ubiquiti would be great but in this case you can only check the features and performance not the durability. I think Ubiquiti makes a good job and with the complete Ecosystem it's a great product. Cisco makes a good job too but most of the products are really expensive and i think the most of the price is the name (Cisco).
@@AlexandreAlonso ok? help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/360042281174-UniFi-USW-How-to-Enable-L3-Routing-on-UniFi-Switch "The UniFi Switch Pro 24 PoE features a rich set of Layer 2 capabilities and integrates Layer 3 functionality such as inter-VLAN routing, static routing, and DHCP server." Sorry but in Small-Mid companies and this is the topic for the Cisco series layer-3 routing it not needed in most times.
@@AlexandreAlonso I can repeat it. For my use-cases in Small and Mid Companies i don't need a layer-3 switching and the Ubiquiti products are working well.. and i now some guys that make with the Ubiquiti Switches and products large companies. Some of them switched from Cisco to Ubiquiti and it's working well with less money. So if you have the money and the knowledge then use Cisco but i think you should choose the right equipment for the use case and not using one product because you know only this one.
It's interesting how cyclical things are. This switch stacking used to be the norm in Enterprise Catalyst switches all the way back to the XL switches. Then stacking fell off in favor of larger high capacity chassis. Now stacking is cool again.
I agree. I think stacking used to be pretty messy and hard to support but at this scale it makes more sense and allows a customer to grow into the bigger stuff over time. I love it.
C3750X_sw-core uptime is 4 years, 41 weeks, 1 day, 5 hours, 23 minutes System returned to ROM by power-on System restarted at 20:30:29 CET Sat Feb 13 2016
This is a...Linksys switch re-skinned as a Cisco. It offer only LAN-Lite image which makes is essentially identical to a D-Link, Netgear or other similar priced switches but they don't make pretences of being "Enterprise Grade". Any true "Enterprise" Cisco switch can support whichever software load is appropriate to your needs. These aren't bad switches, but calling a Corolla a Porsche doesn't make it one
I remember that catalyst series was equipped with all fully manageable types of ports/new solutions/... size was much bigger with very efficient cooling system.
Looks like Cisco finally realized that small businesses and home enthusiasts exist. The CBS250 L3 switches look pretty interesting too, and it looks like a viable alternative to Ubiquiti's stuff.
How many times I heard that... idiots repeat false things regurarly. Secure your network, if you do it right, then you will have secure devices with "incredible high uptime".
I got two cisco C1000 here on my desk and it is just awefull ... a pain in the ass to configure. best part is, there are so many different infos about how to configure this crap. you are the only one mentioning that it starts with its own DHCP. If I boot this from my network I wont be able to login at all to the web gui. ssh doesnt work at all, neither cisco cisco, nor webgui cisco or anything else. Im trying to update the freaking firmware and it just wont do it. it says update successfull and then I can not click the promt away. I reload the switch and the switch is not updated. its a fucking mess.
We definitely need a Ubiquiti vs Cisco video; am very tempted by a UDM Pro and would dearly like to know if Cisco have anything comparable at a similar price point
seems like its getting better than CLI cisco and monster headache, look for a setting called Keep warm in the Meraki system, so if firewall drops the brother takes over
Watching this a f t e r configuring 10 VLANs across (3) L3 Cisco switches that each cost same $ as a new Cat1k. Considering a CCNA course now. Thanks NC.
Same, until then I'll stick with MikroTik. Only have to reboot every 2-3 months, which for my wISP isn't too bad especially if I send a email out that maintenance is planned every last Sunday of the month at 2am.
Honestly if a network device hasn't been rebooted in years that would be a good time to suspect some network vulnerabilities. Upgrade everything and lock it down!
I think the biggest roadblock in almost any business or industry is quantifying the I.T. Department's importance. Non-I.T. people dont understand the importance of I.T and I.T./network security. They wonder what you do when everything is running smooth, and they wonder what you do when everything goes down.
at work we went with aerohive (now EXTREME lol ) on our last network update. Kind of sucks, although the GUI is pretty good and i can configure things anywhere, Still, is not the same when my old faithful ciscos where up. Still though we have 1 alive as our core switch lol.
I love cisco. I lived and breathed there hardware and they are freakin amazing. But man, as you well know cause you have reviewed some of there products. Ubiquiti is doing some amazing stuff as well.
Might get one of these for my home camera system, since the other home camera options come with spyware brains. Nice lil home network: 1dvr 10 cameras 2 computers 1 access point 1 raspberry pi 1 ftp server
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Would you choose ubiquiti unifi UDM pro ++ or this cisco catalyst series for a smart home network and which is cheaper?
I'm interested in ubiquiti alternative networking equipment for home. I'm in the IT industry and this cisco switch looks awesome for my home switch. What do you think @NetworkChuck ?
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When you purchase Cisco equipment off Amazon, does it come with IOS, and are you able to download newer versions as they are released?
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Could you please make a video describing the differences between a consumer-grade switch and a Commercial Grade switch?
Hey Network Chuck! I am a new subscriber of your channel. I am 42 yrs old, switched careers 6 months ago and I am now a data center technician. About a year ago, it was mainly your channel that inspired me and gave me the confidence to make the change for the better. I just want to say thank you. Your videos have helped me tremendously. Good vibes dude
It's nice to see Cisco finally doing some interesting development. I guess Ubiquiti is starting to take a decent enough chunk of the SMB to make Cisco take notice and care about the little guys.
Exactly what happened.
I got a full Ubiquiti setup. For sure there are some down sides to them but overall it has been amazing.
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@@F14Mavrick What do you have for a setup? I am thinking of going with Ubiquiti.
@@ikeman828 for my home i have there udm pro, 3 access points with both ports aggregated on each, a 24 poe gen 2 switch, 3 cameras and door bell.
The udm pro is connected to the switch via 10gig port. I might be adding some of there small mini switches as well. I just need to figure out where i would put them.
These are the starter drug of the Cisco experience. I have been addicted for over 20 years. Also liked and could not believe I was not subscribed, so fixed that. Your videos are also awesome and fast so never boring. I just bought the POE 8 port version of this switch to replace a 3560cx that died and was over kill. Love the easy features for our customers but am also die hard CLI person and would not want to configure a switch any other way.
Mate I've been in I.T for 34 years as a System Engineer. I subscribed to your Channel just on the basis of your genuine enthusiasm alone. As an Aussie that scores high points with me. Great video!
100% sold on this switch after seeing this, huge upgrade from previous, and couldn't be happier. Good ol cisco comfy CLI makes me all warm and fuzzy thanks for all you do here, your enthusiasm is contagious!
I want to see an Networking War between Cisco and Ubiquiti hosted by Networkchuck
Same. Make it happen Chuck.
Ubiquiti is used by network enthusiasts, cisco is for network engineers
Also Mikrotik
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Yes, thinking how does this compare to UI Switches and their command center.
You're the best - 48 ports of Cisco goodness :) that level of enthusiasm and humor is pure yt gold :)
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When I see any network device having a years long uptime I don't think this sturdy hardware (even though it is) but I think this is lousy security management not installing security patches/upgrade at all. It's not like Cisco doesn't have security issues like anybody else. They also release security updates regularly.
Don't get me wrong, I work with Cisco devices since 1996. I think Cisco devices are generally great (and I own some shares) but they need management, maintenance (including regular updates), and monitoring like everything else in the business.
Thought same thing. Years of uptime means missed upgrade windows.
not mentioned in the video: to do the upgrades that you rightly say need to be done, you need a support agreement for that hardware fully paid up from the time you bought it until the time of the upgrade (information correct at time of writing). No support agreement = no upgrades. Which to be honest is probably why Chuck sees years of uptime on the hardware...
@@cgaquikkie Very true. I have a service contract for my Cisco C926-4P router I use for VDSL2 at home and it's €75 per year. Without that I can't get firmware updates, which really is a shame. Some vendors have much more user friendly policies. Ubiquiti comes to mind.
My Huawei switches have 2+ years uptime and have last updates too. How? They let install patches in realtime, without reboot and services interruption. And yes I say about cheap access switches.
@@splintorjke2009 hey man, great feature.Can u tell me how it works in case of Huawei?I got 15 years experience with Cisco and never touched Huawei.So u setup auto patching directly in config device and the path where it should be patched from? Then maintenance time when the action must be done and all done with no reboot?
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The one thing that disappointed me was that the switches are *still* Gigabit Ethernet (including the x-connect SFPs).
Vendors must start thinking about 10Gbit ports in the SOHO. It is already possible, and not that expensive, to run a small NAS box with M.2 drives that will easily saturate a gigabit link. Two workstations can transfer among themselves many gigabytes of data per second, if only the network would allow it. WiFi6 devices can do many hundreds of megabits. Also, the cost of gigabit net access is becoming very affordable.
In theory, a PC doing a speed test at one end of one switch (the router being connected to the other one) will almost saturate the link between two switches for the duration of the test (unless QoS is well configured, I know).
At this moment, if I have to equip a new office, I wouldn't buy a quality gigabit switch. We need at least one bank of 10Gbps links for a SAN, a network expansion, etc.
P. S. The GUI and the self-configuration are awesome indeed.
C1000-24P-4X-L has 2x SFP 10Gbit ports available :), just the SFP's, but that will do for at home, if you use both and bundle them.
If you need higher bandwidth switches I would suggest Arista. They are expensive though which is a downside.
Yeah, at least provide a couple of 10G interfaces for uplinks or connecting to servers or storage devices.
@@Piglet6256 Errm, that switch is nearly 10 times the price...
Mikrotik crs305 has 4x10G sfp+ ports for $149 thats best solution ive seen for 10G SOHO
I have many small SME and for the past 20 years I have installed Draytek routers, switches, and access points. Never had a problem.
Ive been deploying these at small businesses since their release, they are affordable and work great!
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Hi Chuck, I'm also studying for Network engineer at my company and to be honest I never seen such modern GUI on a switch before, most of the time I study in the company they were all CLI and ssh mode or sometime telnet into it. This video makes me want to study more about networking engineer. Cheers mate!
Good vid!
My first switch for running game servers was purchased in 1997. It was a cisco. It had latency issues, lag, with 12 full CS Servers.
I reached out to Cisco support back then. Back then, people in support were mostly engineers, so he just knew immediately what the problem was.
The reply I got was "It's a cisco. Just increase the route cache size. It can't lag." "How?"
He read me 1 line to input into telnet, and it worked. Ofc.
Looking at this, this is a massive step up in user friendliness. Have been using/selling/recommending HPE switches for the past 20 years due to pricing - but this might just change that. Let's see where this goes :)
This switch is going to be interesting for any business not willing to go with Cat 9k switches after the end of sale of the 2960x series next year
These are the videos I love, 10-minutes long product or feature review. Please make more often.
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Thanks a lot for this video !
I had some doubts about this Cisco device, but now after watching this useful video, now my mind is more clear.
I sure like the Netgear Insight line. Remotely manage for customers, etc
Well, another advantage of this C1000 series is old IOS as before. Since C2960X series is going to be announced soon for EoL and successor is C9000 series, namely C9200/C9200L instead of C2960X. C9000 series already running on Linux kernex IOS XE which has slightly different syntax but more or less same from standard admin perspective. Difference comes while we compare licensing system which comes with C9000 series which is pure madness on corporate level. Crazy! Smart licensing is whatever just not easy and makes additional cost. I simply DONT care about DNA Essentials, DNA Advantage.... Why so simple functionality as HSRP was moved over to higher license and thus I have to use VRRP instead ? Thus I would prefer IOS rather than IOS XE due to licensing policy.
Glad I found this...was thinking of going down the unifi route...but now given the price point and the Cisco name, this looks like the new path!
i was a CCNP for years in a big company and deployed hundrets of cisco switches. also nexus 7k. since 3 years i am self employed and i deployed a dozend of unifi switches. i have never thougt i would deploy unifi, till a colleague just said i should try. in a small or medium business, there must be a good reason i would use cisco now, and right now, i did not found one of this reasons. for sure, the iOS is great, but 90% of the features you will never use of it. i dont need 10 different spanning tree protocols. the only thing what i miss at unifi is the stacking option. this is awesome at cisco switches.
good stuff man, this is the kind of content i've been waiting for on youtube!
My organization is a Cisco shop and we use a ton of 3560CX's, a lot of which sit outside in boxes that bake in the Oklahoma summer and freeze during winters, yet they've been running for years with no problem! My understanding is that the C1000's are suppose to be the replacement for them. Our customers have been pissed at the quotes we've been giving them for the Catalyst 9000 series and were relieved when we provided prices for the C1000's. We've ordered some but haven't yet deployed any. Really looking forward to seeing how they hold up in some of our more harsh environments
Bro!!!!! You’re channel is dope!!!! Thank you so much for this video!!! I will be deploying this in my studio
I literally turned around and bought one yesterday after watching your video. Will arrive today 🤘🏻
Is your sw L3 capable?
@@212admin9 Are you referring to the switch that I just purchased? I'm not sure what you're asking here.
@@212admin9 it supports RIP and static routing. But not OSPF
-Wonderful...!!!!
-Thanks Chuck, thanks to Cisco for creating these smaller solutions that we can implement in small businesses and maybe even at home ... !!!
-I am a network engineer here in Brazil, where everything in dollars is very expensive, a solution like this is wonderful.
-I'm already asking you to build a cisco router with an old pc or Raspberry Pi or an equivalent and a giga server board with ports, why to set up a homemade lab or do we have to do virtual or set up a physical lab with devices as well old ones.
-I'm studying for CCNA and I was really a fan of Cisco, and this news is wonderful, who knows, I may still have my home network set up with Cisco ... !!!
-Thanks for the knowledge and the news ... !!!
I have recently begun using FS switches and so far no complaints
Just finished setting up my 899 4G LTE at home(yeah it's overkill I know).
The satisfaction of getting everything flawlessly running and switching between LTE and my coax provider if the last one fails is beyond words...
I work with this every day, but at a much more advanced level(IPVPN, BGP etc), so my biggest issue was actually overthinking things... I treated my own setup at home like it was work instead of keeping it simple. And I see that alot at my job as well, we have customer doing a simple backup failover, where they want us to redirect traffic blablabla, instead they could actually just pull the uplink on their r1 router... (I get that not all customers are on the installation site, so in those cases we do help them)
Most of our customers that had the 899 deployed has been swapped with the 1111 8P 4G-LTE due to the 899's SKU mismatch bug in some of our deployed firmware, the 1111 is really great though.
Hopefully I'll be able to get my hands on one via work for a lower cost in a few years... Mind due, the 899 is working great...
These catalyst switches look awsome, and what a fantastic GUI(I'm more of a CLI guy myself, but this was pretty sexy).
Your demonstration is interesting but not to pushy either, the enthusiasm is just spot on btw, great stuff, keep it up man
Good to know. Cisco finally got that every serious company on the market targeting the entire client's scope. That is cool that it is possible now to offer SMB clients with Cisco gear and do not be considered as a robber )))))
I use Cisco so I can sleep at night. Thanks Chuck great Gift for my son.
You need to do a cisco vs ubiquiti system that would be a great video
DCN switch are also good :)
Ubiquiti switch and Cisco Switch is no comparison. As Chuck said, Cisco more expensive but there is no better Switch on the market. Ubiquiti is cheaper, but I seen them have issues all the time. They're only ok for at home, not small to medium businesses.
he did point out that cisco wins. because everything else needs constant updates and there are security issues more with non cisco devices.
@@BrickTamlandOfficial all the recent network equipment security vulnerabilities the last few years have been Cisco issues...all of them.
@@Piglet6256 I definitely agree cisco hardware is better.. but to say all of Ubiquiti is only good for home use is a bit of an exaggeration. I have deployed hundreds of Ubquiti devices and have seen only a handful have issues. In a large business this is unacceptable, however many small to medium sized organizations are willing to take that chance/downtime to cut cost. As NetworkChuck said this may not be the right move but it is definitely the typical one.
Just put in a PO for 15 of these. We opted for the 240w POE+ version.
I'd love to see a series of videos for building out the ultimate home/small office network. I want to build something that supports desktop PCs, wireless devices, a NAS, some kind of server that lets me run VMs or containers, a VNR with cameras/doorbell powered by POE, etc. Would like to segment the network to separate VLANS for stuff that needs to be really secure (NAS, my main desktop), consumer devices like printers and thermostat, guest network, etc. All with Internet access that's secure, but also expose some services that I can access away from home (e.g. home automation app).
Congrats on 1M subs! =D
just by plugging the sftp module and connecting the 2 switch without any config, it became a stacked switch
Cisco switches are the easiest to configure if you are network engineer! Cisco tried to enter into the small business many years ago with Linksys and failed, now they are trying again after seeing Ubiquity success with SMB customers. I deployed a lot of Cisco network equipment and UC collaboration solutions over the years and I keep doing this on the daily basis. But I have ubiquity at home because I wasn’t able to find cost effective solution for routing switch and wireless that I can manage from everywhere. I’ve seen some of my customers moving from Cisco wireless solutions to UniFi because they can’t afford a Cisco wireless refresh.
Excellent presentation, I agree Cisco is the only way to go.
Longest Cisco commercial I've ever seen.
What about licencing for the switches and APs ?
This, 100%. On the mgmt plane, meraki is targeted for easy to scale infrastructure, but the licensing has a barrier to enter price tag.
I wouldn't just ask licensing, gui is fine but does it have centralized managent capabilities, Cat9k's have a rich rest/netconf env, and meraki is dashboard friendly. Where do these fall into that?
@@ShnitzenGiggles for the right price wouldn't mind not having a central console. I would mind a yearly licence that would lock me out or not give me updates with out it.
@@Peter240896 yeah but that avenue really depends on the team. If you have a team with devops experience, it might not be necessary to have a dashboard and only the licensing aspect is a contentious point. However, since devops still isn't a mainstream skill, licensing and centralized management are key aspects. However, we are talking about SOHO setups, but still Ubuiquiti has the market for SOHO deployments because of its licensing structure AND centralized management. Forget about the lack of enterprise level support.
@@ShnitzenGiggles Totally agree
I bought a Cat 1000 a few weeks ago. No licensing fee.
Cisco equipment just runs ! Hell I have a 3560 48 port that just runs my home network.... i.e. Servers, Security, kids network...yadda yadda. And the lifetime of this equipment (according to Cisco) is 20+ years, dumped by companies after 5 years. Which I bought (2 of them) for $55.00 ...each!!!
Well all other are the same. I have HPE/3Com switches (and Cisco, Ubiquiti, Dlink) for many many years running w/o problem. Do you think I'm restarting HPE switch every two hours? No, it just runs.
I miss this stuff. Wish I could get out of the truck and get back in to IT!
The dying gasp explanation had me 🤣🤣🤣
what do you think if you set up a home network with one of those Switches? say you build your a new house wire it with Cat 6 cable to a central point in the house. Because a lot of devices coming out on the market are coming with Ethernet plugs etc. Smart. You can have a command center. What you think of that you think that is possible?
Sure, why not...
I've tryed to find info about stacking these things, and even in official datasheet there was one line about it: it stacks. So thx fo showing this functional to us.
Great to see some of the Meraki Tech trickle down to Cisco.
the 48 port costs the same as an enterprise grade... except the enterprise grade comes with redundant power. Its still cheaper to buy a used/older or lower model... like a 350x or even a 300x series.
Ubiquity is still the cheaper and easier option.
About time...Unifi has been a thorn in Cisco's side
Good stuff, and good video, but value for money still prefer Mikrotik, but still nice to see that Cisco is waking up for SMB.
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As a Cisco Certified Partner, I love these switches! I’ve installed several and they are downright awesome. Most exciting switch that Cisco has released in awhile. The APs are also on point.
As for the ISR900 routers... I’ve been going back and forth with Cisco and distribution (D&H) for over a month now trying to order one for a customer (C926-4P). None of the SKUs show up in CCW, distribution says they aren’t a North American product, and Cisco says that they don’t know! Yet Cisco shows them as orderable on the website... anxiously awaiting to be able to obtain one.
Is this Cisco or Meraki? Looks just like the Meraki interfaces that Cisco purchased but that’s a very different operating system than Cisco.
It looks like they've married the two with this one. It's GUI-configurable over a Cisco IOS base, where the Meraki stuff is cloud-managed. The physical switches themselves do look at lot like Meraki stuff, though.
This is a Cisco switch. Meraki used their own cloud based dashboard and require a subscription. Although, even Cisco Meraki has a SMB product line now as well.
this is Cisco switch and runs classic IOS OS like the Cat2k switches..the command reference are exactly same what you see on other switches if you prefer CLI
This series does not have traditional stacking abilities in which the backplane becomes interconnected for higher redundancy. It also is considered a layer 2 switch on the Cisco FAQ page but does support only static routing. No support of OSPF or EIGRP.
don't think this support ospf or eigrp
Well we have Cisco SG300/SG350 due to the price of Catalyst switches.
AP wise though, we have chosen Unifi simply due to the pricetag.
Must say I love the SG300 series, rock solid and been working perfect for around 10 years, now we are slowly changeing them to SG350x to get a 10G backbone.
Have you explored the CBS 350 series switches? Its the latest from Cisco in that price range
I’m an audio engineer and I just ordered 4 of the 24 port version with PoE. I’ll be using these in a Dante environment in a conference room, so it‘s awesome to have a fanless 24port switch with some PoE ports and QoS. Very excited for these.
Will be replacing some SG350, which are too noisy.
A dante enviroment? That sounds hardcore.
@@SF-dy6hn well not all ports will need PoE and especially in a conference room a fanless switch is perfect 👌🏼
@@JonasSpaller dude idk wtf ur talking about but it sounds cool
@@SF-dy6hn haha let me tell you: it is
I only buy Cisco for the POE function. 48port that does PoE AT at $120 w dual 1100W Psu!!!!!
Bought a Cisco WS-C3750X discontinued Catalyst series on ebay. 48ports that does POE AT, dual redundant 1100W PSU and 2 modular fan with the latest firmware license. For a measly $120!!! I remembered when this beast hit the market when it came out like a decade ago it was like $5k.
Pros:
Dirt cheap network gear for what it does, same level of performance compared to Ubiquiti that will costs you at least $1000 and they only comes with max 700W and the PSU is not modular. Also forget second hand market for deep discount, they will probably cost $100 less and that's all.
Did I mention POE AT??? LOL
Ditching all the power bricks of my devices and going POE! What a JOY!
Tons of features, you can get a couple of these and setup a spanning tree network lab, that along will worth your money.
Literally turned one of my hobbies into a legit network certify title.
Couple of Cons:
it's fairly noisy, specially booting up, it sounds like a jet engine.
No 10gb, grated you can buy a module that does 4x1gb, 2x10gb sfp+ or 4X10gb sfp+ but that will cost you another $150 for the module. But if you only needed the poe you'll be fine without it.
IOS is not for beginners, you need to have some basic knowledge, NO GUI, all CLI so you better be prepared or prepare to learn.
Small but a very annoy one. PROPIETARY POWER CABLE, I mean WTF?!? CISCO why the notch!!! sooo annoy!!! you need to get that cable first before you purchase a cisco switch or router, I found out the hard way, and no Best Buy, Target will solve this problem at the last moment.. Also you would need a usb serial and a serial rollover cable to manage it. Bear in mind those requirements before you purchase.
For anything else, I would suggest Mikrotik, Ubiquiti its just getting way too expensive for my taste. I mean Ubiquiti AC Pro is $130 vs the $60 Mikrotik Cap AC... But that damn blue square ubiquity light.... it does fill good to have a couple of them lined up and lit up.
Sei troppo forte.
Saluti dall'Italia ✌️🇮🇹
great video sir, i learned new things today
Wow. That UI. I'm all about the CLI and usually not a fan of overlays, but that one is well designed.
Smart move.. Strategy wise they have the infrastructure to support the SOHO Market and I can see them focusing on this for the future.. Ubiquiti is great but if Cisco focuses their energy on their market it will be a serious battle. When Xbox Came out people thought MS came in too late - MS has the $$$ and support to setup shop and compete.
Chuck, this series seems to be made to compete against the Ubiquiti line in terms of price. I’d love to see a comparison between the two.
I work as a network engineer, but I usually can’t afford Cisco equipment. That has been pushing me towards Ubiquiti for my home lab... but now, this line has me excited. I’d love to hear more.
Can i connect sg350-28 with this switch
my bloodpressure is trippling when i hear this guy. jiss chill dude
-> Cisco is huge & they are smart... Right after releasing (AT LAST) "user friendly / noob proof / color GUI" switches, they new EXACTLY who to send it to... I don't think there is anybody else who could review / talk / present a product in the way that Chuck does (when he's excited about it...). 80% of the kids don't get this level of love / excitement / passion / attention, but little newborn baby Cisco Catalyst got it! New Network Products that Chuck is super excited about should have a little sticker on them "Approved by NetworkChuck", which if I had to choose from 5 items without any info about them and one of them had that sticker, I would literally (I mean it) buy it without doing any research! Plus i9f the customer would not know what that means & would google the video about that product, it's either he would learn about it or if potential customer ws on the fence whihc one to get , that dilema would end 1 min into Chucks review about i …….ok gonna go hug my kids, maybe spend more time with them... (LMAO)
On the subject of security Cisco has been in the news more than most for having hard coded back doors, zero days and just poor security code no? Maybe that's why they are suddenly making a grasp for the SOHO market.
They been making SOHO for a while. BTW. It was called Linksys.
that's a bias which can happen in security (i didn't look at the data)
the OS / devices which are used the most become the most targeted
because of course, hackers gain the most out of targeting them
@@krztix For sure but hard coded back doors are a no no, never mind all the equipment that was chipped with back doors.
@@michealfinane4448 completely agree with that
I'm 100% percent sure that you are better than any professor in any hacking school. With all those lines and arrows. DAMN IT, so good and smooth.
Cheers to that coffee ;) !
How do they make it cheap? What is the trade off?
It has always been this cheap, they just now flipped the switch on the price tag.
They finally decided the price could be 50% profit instead of 90% profit.
It's a gigabit switch in 2020 for almost $400.
It's only cheap in Cisco land. Still a total rip off for anyone who didn't get stuck using only Cisco after passing their CCNA.
@@AlexanderDockham I could not find many managed PoE Switches in that price class.
@@binsitt Learn to use Google :-D
you know what, I don't have a business ,I don't need this switch but the way your selling this , I wanna go and just buy it :D
Man you are awesome.
I'm a great fan of you and what you do.
❤
I don't know what to think about this Switch and also can't share your enthusiasm. Working in IT (in the military where security is #1 prio), webpages on networking devices are a no-go, same with all those auto features like stacking and that bluetooth thing (whatever that's good for). I'm happy with my CLI. Only if I can do everything I can do an real Cisco Switches, then it's an ok product.
What's wrong with web pages on network equipment? Some of our equipment is managed primarily by web page, like Call managers and the KG-175. Granted the KG's web management is out of band, but it's there.
So i use Ubiquiti for all my customers. It's another concept but the prices are good and the controller is great to manage all the devices. So my switches run for years now and i don't have a single broken switch. A check between Cisco and Ubiquiti would be great but in this case you can only check the features and performance not the durability. I think Ubiquiti makes a good job and with the complete Ecosystem it's a great product. Cisco makes a good job too but most of the products are really expensive and i think the most of the price is the name (Cisco).
unifi still missing l3 routing and switch guards cisco switch have
@@AlexandreAlonso ok?
help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/360042281174-UniFi-USW-How-to-Enable-L3-Routing-on-UniFi-Switch
"The UniFi Switch Pro 24 PoE features a rich set of Layer 2 capabilities and integrates Layer 3 functionality such as inter-VLAN routing, static routing, and DHCP server."
Sorry but in Small-Mid companies and this is the topic for the Cisco series layer-3 routing it not needed in most times.
@@renehoehle that is not real l3 switch anyway, L3 switch shall be gateway on local switch and router port for uplinks
@@AlexandreAlonso I can repeat it. For my use-cases in Small and Mid Companies i don't need a layer-3 switching and the Ubiquiti products are working well.. and i now some guys that make with the Ubiquiti Switches and products large companies. Some of them switched from Cisco to Ubiquiti and it's working well with less money.
So if you have the money and the knowledge then use Cisco but i think you should choose the right equipment for the use case and not using one product because you know only this one.
you need to do a whole series on these enterprise-grade devices for SMB. great content
It's interesting how cyclical things are. This switch stacking used to be the norm in Enterprise Catalyst switches all the way back to the XL switches. Then stacking fell off in favor of larger high capacity chassis. Now stacking is cool again.
I agree. I think stacking used to be pretty messy and hard to support but at this scale it makes more sense and allows a customer to grow into the bigger stuff over time. I love it.
C3750X_sw-core uptime is 4 years, 41 weeks, 1 day, 5 hours, 23 minutes
System returned to ROM by power-on
System restarted at 20:30:29 CET Sat Feb 13 2016
great idea to learn the structure of that device
This is a...Linksys switch re-skinned as a Cisco. It offer only LAN-Lite image which makes is essentially identical to a D-Link, Netgear or other similar priced switches but they don't make pretences of being "Enterprise Grade". Any true "Enterprise" Cisco switch can support whichever software load is appropriate to your needs. These aren't bad switches, but calling a Corolla a Porsche doesn't make it one
I so much love your videos, i'm computer science student, learning and striving hard to be a professional ethical hacker.
Looks like a very nice switch. However... I'm still in love with the 6504....
I might install it in my workshop !
Btw, nice videos. All of them. But don't forget to breathe every now and then during your explanation...
I remember that catalyst series was equipped with all fully manageable types of ports/new solutions/... size was much bigger with very efficient cooling system.
I do procurement for a MSP and these are priced just as their SG350 line, so not sure why we wouldnt switch to these.. Thanks!
I was unable to find these for the same price as the SG350s, how are you getting that pricing.
Looks like Cisco finally realized that small businesses and home enthusiasts exist. The CBS250 L3 switches look pretty interesting too, and it looks like a viable alternative to Ubiquiti's stuff.
I'm in love with a Cisco switches to))) And also I'm in love with a Extreme Networks, because this stuff have very sexy purple design)))
Devices with incredible high uptime means also incredible high vulnerabilities
How many times I heard that... idiots repeat false things regurarly. Secure your network, if you do it right, then you will have secure devices with "incredible high uptime".
I got two cisco C1000 here on my desk and it is just awefull ... a pain in the ass to configure. best part is, there are so many different infos about how to configure this crap. you are the only one mentioning that it starts with its own DHCP. If I boot this from my network I wont be able to login at all to the web gui. ssh doesnt work at all, neither cisco cisco, nor webgui cisco or anything else. Im trying to update the freaking firmware and it just wont do it. it says update successfull and then I can not click the promt away. I reload the switch and the switch is not updated. its a fucking mess.
I am in the same boat
Imagine if my teacher were talking like him 😎 Networking would be so much fun.
This video is like the Cisco equivalent of the OldSpice ADs. :D
We definitely need a Ubiquiti vs Cisco video; am very tempted by a UDM Pro and would dearly like to know if Cisco have anything comparable at a similar price point
UDM requires an always on internet connection to even log into the device. Yeah, no thanks.
seems like its getting better than CLI cisco and monster headache, look for a setting called Keep warm in the Meraki system, so if firewall drops the brother takes over
Watching this a f t e r configuring 10 VLANs across (3) L3 Cisco switches that each cost same $ as a new Cat1k. Considering a CCNA course now. Thanks NC.
i wish they could make 10G Switches for small business at an affordable price
Same, until then I'll stick with MikroTik. Only have to reboot every 2-3 months, which for my wISP isn't too bad especially if I send a email out that maintenance is planned every last Sunday of the month at 2am.
Honestly if a network device hasn't been rebooted in years that would be a good time to suspect some network vulnerabilities. Upgrade everything and lock it down!
OMG i love your Videos Man thank you for all that information
I think the biggest roadblock in almost any business or industry is quantifying the I.T. Department's importance. Non-I.T. people dont understand the importance of I.T and I.T./network security. They wonder what you do when everything is running smooth, and they wonder what you do when everything goes down.
at work we went with aerohive (now EXTREME lol ) on our last network update. Kind of sucks, although the GUI is pretty good and i can configure things anywhere, Still, is not the same when my old faithful ciscos where up. Still though we have 1 alive as our core switch lol.
I love cisco. I lived and breathed there hardware and they are freakin amazing. But man, as you well know cause you have reviewed some of there products. Ubiquiti is doing some amazing stuff as well.
I was implemented this switch last week
Drinking game: take a drink every time Chuck says Cisco
Might get one of these for my home camera system, since the other home camera options come with spyware brains. Nice lil home network:
1dvr
10 cameras
2 computers
1 access point
1 raspberry pi
1 ftp server