Which Cisco switch to choose for a small office with training?

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Recommend a switch for a small office (6 machines), I think to take an 8-port used solution, for example www.amazon.com/Cisco-WS-C2960PD-8TT-L-8-PORT-Catal... or www.amazon .com/Cisco-WS-C3560-8PC-S-8-PORT-Catalys... need advice on what is the main difference between the models above. And does it make sense to consider models with a large number of ports? In the future, there is a desire to pass the CCNA, respectively, I want to gain experience in practice for further delivery. Are these switches suitable for this and which is better to choose?

Answer 1

2960 8-port switch + 1 copper uplink
3560 8-port switch + dual uplink (copper/SFP)
Let's look at offdocs and not at Amazon, CCNA starts small - the ability to read docks ;)
Estimate the growth of your network, the desire can still throw a Wi-Fi router, other buns + a reserve for a thunderstorm and other troubles (with a successful confluence).
But on the other hand, you can throw ordinary switches, although this makes the point of a tsiska lost :)
It's a shame to realize that there is nowhere to plug a freshly bought network printer.
Throw a tsiska into the core of the network and then put experiments on it? I think at least 5 people will hate you a little: D
For experiments and GNS3 is enough and you don’t need to lay out a kilodollar to play around, your office needs are quite in the SOHO segment.
Although your money of course.