u/DiscoDave86

Hi all,

I'm about to finish re-writing my house and will end up with 16 cat6a cables terminating into a 19" rack in my home office, I'll have about 4 access points (hopefully some wifi 7 cAP when they release). I have an existing RB5009 i'll connect over SFP+ and SMF.

Currently considering the following:

• CRS326-24G-2S+RM (1GbE, Silent, no PoE)
• CRS326-4C+20G+2Q+RM (2.5GbE, 2 fans (would swap with noctua), no PoE)
• CRS328-24P-4S+RM (1GbE, 2 fans (would swap with noctua), With PoE)

2.5GbE would be a nice-to-have given I'll have cat6a everywhere, hence the CRS326-4C+20G+2Q+RM but could be overkill. Adding PoE out to my requirements limits the choices and puts me down to 1GbE, however I won't have that many PoE devices. Simple choice would be a single 1GbE, passively cooled, non PoE.

Additionally, given the relatively low number of PoE devices I could just have a shelf of PoE injectors if need be.

What would you choose?