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Currently I have an unmanaged POE switch connected to a Linksys router. I am thinking of upgrading my POE switch to a gigabit POE switch, the only problem is that the switch that I want to get is a managed switch.
So here's my question: with a managed switch, can I still connect all of my devices to it and have the devices request IP addresses from the DHCP server within the Linksys router or will the devices request IPs from the managed switch since I believe the switch has its own DHCP server as well?
Yes this is for SMB. The only switch that comes close to my requirement is the Netgear GS110TP which is a POE and Gigabit switch with 100% of the ports POE enabled. I just don't see many of those out there. And the price isn't too bad. – superuser – 2012-06-10T21:47:19.333
If you feel my response helped clear anything help, please could you take the time to rate it, Many thanks. – PnP – 2012-06-10T21:49:03.293
Netgear switches are the most reliable, in my opinion, and yes, prices for a small switch like that GS110TP aren't overly pricey - they can shoot up though when you start looking at the larger switches. – PnP – 2012-06-10T21:50:53.010
So there should be a way to configure the switch so that devices connected to the switch are directed to use the DHCP server on the main router instead of the switch, right? – superuser – 2012-06-10T21:55:31.023
1Not many switches I know of, excluding maybe some high end Cisco switches, have DHCP server capabilities. Even if it did, it wouldn't be enabled by default so anything you plugged in would have it's DHCP requests satisfied by your DHCP server, maybe your DC. – PnP – 2012-06-10T23:01:20.410