I am the IT Admin for a company just getting off the ground. That being said, the IT budget is relatively limited (extremely limited actually). My superiors are trying to go the cheap route in most aspects (as you may have been able to see if you have read any of my previous posts). I am looking at a NetGear 48 port switch for just under $300 but it is unmanaged and provides no QoS, VLANs, etc. Down the road, they want the ability to use video conferencing over the T1. Will it be a large problem without being able to implement QoS on the switch? Currently, only 35 of the 48 ports will have traffic and it will be utilizing connectivity for Internet and to our lone server running a whole slew of services included with Microsoft SBS.
Thanks.