which switch for POE and 7940G phones?

[will.oneal]

I have 2 (and maybe soon 5 more) 7940G phones to add to my network, which already has a Netgear POE capable switch. I've since discovered that early Cisco POE isn't the same thing as current POE, and the switch doesn't power the phones.

I was looking at adding a Cisco SD208P 8-port switch to power the phones, but I soon discovered it only has 4 POE ports, and I'm not sure that this switch will even power the 7940G phones. And if the other 5 phones show up, I'll need two of those switches with no room for expansion on the voice network.

Will this switch power those phones?

Is there another small switch available so I don't have to replace my existing switch infrastructure to get these phones to work? Or do I need to scrap the phones and get something newer that will work with the current POE standards?

[daviddun · Accepted solution]

Will,

I would look at the ESW520 8 port switch, it will power the phones and will have the "*" VLAN's already setup in them.

Side note "*": This assumes that you are using VLAN100 and Cisco Voice system for the switch

Have a great day

[will.oneal]

Thanks!