Choice between Cisco Catalyst 1200 and Cisco Business 220?
Choice between Cisco Catalyst 1200 and Cisco Business 220?
Hey everyone,
I'm back with another question. I'm looking at switches and have it narrowed down to two options:
Cisco Catalyst 1200-24T-4X
Cisco Business CBS220-24T-4X
I'm going to have a Netgate as my main router in the house but I am also going to have a dev environment that I don't necessarily want interacting with my regular network. Originally I was thinking of just getting an unmanaged switch but I might like having some light VLAN capabilities of a managed switch that I can have the option of using.
I don't have any use right now for PoE devices so I don't need the switch to do that. I'm having a hard time figuring out exactly what the differences are between the CBS model and the Catalyst model.
It's a difference of about $45. As far as I can tell, the main benefit to the Catalyst is Cisco's Cloud dashboard. I don't need or want that. I'll handle everything through a VPN connection back to the house and honestly, I don't see myself needing to interface with the switch much after I get it set up. If the cloud dashboard is the only difference then I'll just save the $45 and get the CBS model.
But I wanted to ask you all if there's something else I'm missing that might make the Catalyst a better choice?
Thanks!--