Cisco 2950 Switch

[Sir Asvald]

I've got a 2950 Cisco switch and I want to use it in my room so I can separate the VLANs. Too bad it's noisy and I share my room with my brother. I wanted to know If I can turn off the fan, will it overheat or even replace it with a much quieter one.

 

 

[Lurick]

See if you can find a Cisco 2960G-8TC, those are fanless for sure  

[NZLaurence]

If you open the case, take a drill to it you can put a bigger fan or even more fans in it and use a resister to drop the voltage to the fans.

 

Please note this will void your warranty and it is possible to catch a small case of the deaths if you do something stupid.

[Chaz042]

1 hour ago, NZLaurence said:

Please note this will void your warranty

 

LOL, the end of life on the Cisco 2950 series for software was 2009, end of hardware support, if you had a really long service contract, was 2013.

[8uhbbhu8]

18 hours ago, Abdul201588 said:

I've got a 2950 Cisco switch and I want to use it in my room so I can separate the VLANs. Too bad it's noisy and I share my room with my brother. I wanted to know If I can turn off the fan, will it overheat or even replace it with a much quieter one.

 

 

You really shouldn't. It's incredibly easy to kill network equipment. (i've done it way to many times ) Get a fanless model instead.

[NZLaurence]

53 minutes ago, Chaz042 said:

LOL, the end of life on the Cisco 2950 series for software was 2009, end of hardware support, if you had a really long service contract, was 2013.

Yes, but someone will try it on a brand new switch and then blame me.

 

37 minutes ago, 8uhbbhu8 said:

You really shouldn't. It's incredibly easy to kill network equipment. (i've done it way to many times ) Get a fanless model instead.

That is true, and if it was for a business then I would fully recommend that. I however have hacked the hell out of networking gear when using it myself.

I had a Cisco 3650 that I took apart, attached old CPU heat sinks to and turned into an almost silent switch to do the trunking on my test clusters. Worked great!

 

You can kill almost anything if you are stupid about it. I have found its really hard to warn against stupidity. If you are going to take working equipment apart then you have to understand you might kill it. Don't do it if you can't afford to lose it. I have killed heaps of equipment, normally when trying to put funky firmware on networking devices, and a couple of times with a slip of the soldering iron. Learn from it and move on.

[Sir Asvald]

3 hours ago, 8uhbbhu8 said:

You really shouldn't. It's incredibly easy to kill network equipment. (i've done it way to many times ) Get a fanless model instead.

 

3 hours ago, NZLaurence said:

Yes, but someone will try it on a brand new switch and then blame me.

 

That is true, and if it was for a business then I would fully recommend that. I however have hacked the hell out of networking gear when using it myself.

I had a Cisco 3650 that I took apart, attached old CPU heat sinks to and turned into an almost silent switch to do the trunking on my test clusters. Worked great!

 

You can kill almost anything if you are stupid about it. I have found its really hard to warn against stupidity. If you are going to take working equipment apart then you have to understand you might kill it. Don't do it if you can't afford to lose it. I have killed heaps of equipment, normally when trying to put funky firmware on networking devices, and a couple of times with a slip of the soldering iron. Learn from it and move on.

Well the switch is going to be or was going to in an open area, right next to the window. But anyway,

 

I'll be getting 2940 8 port.  

 

 

 

[Lurick]

1 hour ago, Abdul201588 said:

I'll be getting 2940 8 port.  

Ewwww

[Sir Asvald]

3 minutes ago, Lurick said:

Ewwww

Huh? What's wrong with 2940? It's the cheapest. £30. The Cisco 2960G-8TC is around £120.

[Lurick]

Just now, Abdul201588 said:

Huh? What's wrong with 2940? It's the cheapest. £30. The Cisco 2960G-8TC is around £120.

Fast Ethernet, ewwwww  

Surprised the 2960-8TC is that expensive though, have you ordered the 2940 yet?

[Sir Asvald]

1 minute ago, Lurick said:

Fast Ethernet, ewwwww  

Surprised the 2960-8TC is that expensive though, have you ordered the 2940 yet?

Nope. 

[The Benjamins]

You can swap out the fans for Noctua fans. i did that to my switch and it drastically reduced the noise.

 

Please don't get a 8 port fast Ethernet switch. you can get a LB4m for 60-80 and it is 48 ports 1Gbps with 2 SFP+ 10Gbps ports

[Sir Asvald]

3 minutes ago, The Benjamins said:

You can swap out the fans for Noctua fans. i did that to my switch and it drastically reduced the noise.

 

Please don't get a 8 port fast Ethernet switch. you can get a LB4m for 60-80 and it is 48 ports 1Gbps with 2 SFP+ 10Gbps ports

I need a switch that doesn't sound like a jet engine...

[The Benjamins]

1 minute ago, Abdul201588 said:

I need a switch that doesn't sound like a jet engine...

I got a used dell switch which is 24 ports at 1Gbps and replaced the fans with noctua s and it is no loader then my PC.

 

and you can get a passive cooled 8 port gigabyte switch for less then 20 new.

[Sir Asvald]

2 minutes ago, The Benjamins said:

I got a used dell switch which is 24 ports at 1Gbps and replaced the fans with noctua s and it is no loader then my PC.

 

and you can get a passive cooled 8 port gigabyte switch for less then 20 new.

Alright, but do they support L2 feautres? Such as VLANs?

[The Benjamins]

6 minutes ago, Abdul201588 said:

Alright, but do they support L2 feautres? Such as VLANs?

most managed switches do, I have a LB4m, d-link, dell switches (used) and all have a VLANs area in the settings. their are a lot of good ones out there just get one that is 1 Gbps.

 

Unless your internet is slower then 100Mbps and you do not transfer files or stream videos locally a Fast Ethernet (100Mbps) is ok but I would never recommend it.

 

I would look for a 24 port switch and replace the fans.

[Denned]

It wont be a problem unplugging the fan. I'm running all my lab equipment without fans. Your 2950 wont perform anywhere near of what it can! And it costs like 20-30£ on ebay anyway if it were to happen, it won't be a huge incestment to get a replacement.

 

I'm also a network tech at a major LAN, and we use 2950t and a bunch of them have broken fans and they just keep on working. We probably have 200+ of them..