Buy, Compare Prices, and models on Cisco 3750 Catalyst Switches.

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The Cisco 3750 Catalyst switch is a very commonly used switch. It is available in 12, 16, 24, or 48 port switches. There are other features that you can get such as power over ethernet or operating as a seamless wireless switch (using access points as interfaces). Please note that Cisco released them in the order 3750, 3750G, 3750E which represent the base model version. There are many models available in this series of Catalyst switches to choose from; the older ones unfortunately do not do 1000 Mbs or only have a few ports in the switch at full speed. Please see the table at the end of this page to compare models.

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3750 Catalyst switch model comparison

ModelNumber and type of ports Uplink interfacesPackets Per Second (Catalyst backplane switching)
in millions
3750E-48PD-F48 gig with POE (15.4 watts per port- higher voltage than standard)2 X2 10 Gbps 101.2
3750E-48PD48 gig with POE 2 X2 10 Gbps101.2
3750E-48TD48 gigabit 2 X2 10 Gbps 101.2
3750E-24PD48 gigabit 2 X2 10 Gbps 65.5
3750E-24TD24 gigabit 2 X2 10 Gbps 65.5
3750G-24WS-S5024 gig with POE
supports up to 25 wireless access points
2 SFP fiber optic38.7
3750G-24WS-S2524 gig with POE
supports up to 50 wireless access points
2 SFP fiber optic38.7
3750G-48TS48 Gigabit 4 SFP fiber optic 38.7
3750G-48PS48 Gigabit with POE 4 SFP fiber optic 38.7
3750G-24TS-1U24 Gigabit
reduced switch height to 1U
4 SFP fiber optic 38.7
3750G-24T24 gigabit No additional38.7
3750G-24PS24 gig with POE 4 SFP fiber optic38.7
3750G-16TD16 gigabit 1 10 gigabit XENPAK port35.7
3750G-12S-SD12 SFD fiberoptical No additional17.8
3750G-12S12 SFD fiberoptical No additional17.8
3750-48TS48 gigabit 4 SFP fiber optic 13.1
3750-48PS 48 gig with POE 4 SFP fiber optic 13.1
3750-24TS24 10/100 Mbs 2 SFP fiber optic 6.5
3750-24PS24 10/100 Mbs 2 SFP fiber optic 6.5
3750-24FS24 100Base-FX 2 SFP fiber optic6.5
3750-24T24 1000 Mbs No additional 35.7
3750-24TS-1U24 1000 Mbs
reduced switch height to 1U
4 SFP fiber optic38.7

As you can see there are several different variations of the Cisco 3750 catalyst switch. Keep in mind which one your looking at as you shop: The base 3750 switches, the 3750G switches, or the 3750E switches which were released by Cisco in that order of progression of switched networking devices. If you don’t need power over ethernet then that’s not a feature you want to be paying for accidentally. The older Cisco Catalyst models would be a problem if you need to use 1000 Mbs, for example if you have a heavily used server with gig nics on your network.

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