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We are trying to find out what the power requirements would be for the Polycom IP330/320 and for the IP 550 in Watts. The reason I ask is that the switch we are looking at is the Linksys SRW224P which can provide 15.4W for 12 ports simultaneously or all 24 ports at 7.5W.

Would 7.5W be enough (I have tried to get the Wattage from our distributor).

Also, is there a better switch I should consider?

Managed to get it from Polycom...(man they made me jump through the hoops...)

4.5W for the 320/330
6.0W for the 550

Why can't they just put it in their manual?!

I just researched this very issue for a proposal. I read all the available information about the Polycom 93331i IP phone and could not find a power consumption. I then called Polycom technical support who said all their IP phones use about 5 watts. This was confirmed when I got the Polycom 9331i because its power cube outputs 6 watts.

As to this stuff about the Linksys SRW224P providing only 7.5 watts on all 24 ports, I don't know how it got started. I saw the same claim on several reseller sites, but if you read the Linksys site itself, it does not say that.

You might consider the SRW224G4P instead of the SRW224P because it is a newer switch and has four gigabit ports instead of just two, yet costs a little less at newegg.

Now you tell me: How many VOIP phones will you have, are you going to be doing SIP trunking, and what router are you thinking of using with your VOIP-ready network?

Well i'm a fan of Netgear switches but the Linksys will work as well.

If you want a recommendation for a Netgear I would look at the FS728TP. All 24 ports are PoE and you have 225-watts of PoE Budget with a max of 15.4-watts per port.

They also have a lifetime warranty on everything but the fans (the only moving part).

I have used SRW224P's before and have had some problems with them burning up PoE ports.

Thanks for the recomendation Kumba. Unfortunately, though I too prefer Netgear over Linksys, the decision was made for me...

We put in 11 Netgear Gigabit switches 18 months ago at a site and have replaced 8 of them. The fans quit working and the switch would die until shut down and cooled off. Never had a port failure just those stupid fans. 5 of them quit in the first 12 months.

Well, just proof that you cant have it all

Fans are always a problem. Never had good luck with them on anything i've ever bought. Linksys, Netgear, Cisco, doesn't matter, they all start squealin' in a year or two.

Never looked to see how hard they are to field replace. Make's you go hmmmmm.

Actually I just looked today and NetGear's ProSafe warranty does cover everything, Fan's, Powersupplies, etc.