Buying Guides
A decision tree across the whole switch range — unmanaged, managed, PoE, multi-gig, Layer 3, and industrial — mapping site type to the right class of switch.
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Most switch selection errors happen one level up from the specification: the wrong class of switch is chosen, and then it is sized carefully. This guide sits at that level.
Six questions separate the classes — does anything need powering, does traffic need segmenting, does the switch need to route, how fast is the edge, where is it mounted, and who administers it.
Work through them in order and the shortlist usually reduces to one or two models.
Unmanaged switches simply forward traffic. They are appropriate for a handful of devices doing one job with no segmentation requirement.
Everything else benefits from management: VLANs to separate cameras from office traffic, port statistics for diagnosis, and remote administration that avoids a site visit. On any site with mixed traffic, managed is the durable choice.
If cameras, access points, or IP phones are in scope, PoE ports remove the need for local power at each device — which is usually the largest installation saving available.
Size on total budget rather than port count. The Lysora LCS series spans 4, 8, 16 and 24 PoE ports, with the LCS-24GS-P carrying a 370 W budget.
Gigabit to the desk remains adequate for most office endpoints. The exception is modern wireless: Wi-Fi 7 access points can exceed a gigabit port on their own.
Where multi-gig is needed, the LS2P-8MG2XS-P provides 2.5G PoE access ports with 10G SFP+ uplinks so the wired layer is not the constraint.
If inter-VLAN traffic is heavy, or the switch is acting as a campus core, a Layer 3 model routes in hardware and avoids a round trip to the firewall. The LS3-24SFP/8GT4XS fills that role with fibre aggregation.
For a single site with a firewall already in place, Layer 2 plus VLANs is normally sufficient and considerably cheaper.
A rack in a ventilated room takes a commercial switch. A factory panel, roadside cabinet, or rooftop enclosure takes an industrial one — the LS2T-8GT2SFP-HP or LCST-8GT2SFP-HP.
This is a reliability decision rather than a performance one, and it is the specification most often skipped in a BOQ.
As a shortlist starting point across common site types:
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Every product in these categories is quotable line by line on a mixed BOQ.
Before You Enquire
Yes, for small flat networks with no segmentation requirement and no need for remote diagnosis — a few devices in one room, for example. Once cameras or access points share the network with office traffic, a managed switch is the better long-term decision.
See unmanaged switchesAround 20–25% is a practical allowance. Adding a second switch later costs more in cabling, power, and uplink ports than the incremental cost of a larger switch at the outset.
Yes. Send the device list or drawing with your BOQ and we return priced options with the port count, PoE budget, and uplink specification worked through against the actual load.
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