I would like to hear some opinions related to FortiAP.
the baseline is 231F, with 2x2 MU-MIMO and I think its sufficient.
Any benefits for 431F with 4x4 MU-MIMO?
Same for 231/431G on Wi-Fi 6E.
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The 231G and 431G will provide you some level of "future proofing" with the 6E capability. You do not have to enable 6E right away, but you have the option to. But please keep in mind the "G" models can only be managed by FortiGate running 7.2.X firmware and they require either 802.3bt power or 2x 802.3at connections.
EDIT - typo
I dont think there are 6E capable devices yet.
Good to know regarding 7.2.X - no go for me. I keep with 6.4 for a while )
I dont see 248E can support 802.3bt at all. Running cables is not an option.
You’d need an M426E right now for bt and MGig, but the forthcoming FS-600 series will support bt as well as MGig.
That is interesting, no mgig mid size switches are available, but ap are mgig.
The M426E is a midsize switch… what are you talking about?
At the moment, bt is basically mid span only. You don’t see it in switches because they can’t pull the required power from 120vac/15a regular circuits. They’d require 4320w power supply to do full power. Which is beyond 30A. So only 208v can handle it for full power on a 48 port switch.
I m talking about switches and 400 is considered premium by Fortinet.
Midsize is 200.
Difference between 200 and 400 series is seriously just the uplink speed. 200 series is SFP, 400 is SFP+… the 426E is the only switch with MGig PoE+ even… only other MGig copper is the 1024T, which doesn’t come in PoE variant.
I’d consider the 500 a midsize…
Good to know.
Btw would be 148F good enough compare to 248e if no Mclag is required and pure L2?
There are a few other features, but usually mclag is the big one for people… switches are always L2 only when in typical FortiLink managed mode…
The 148F would then be a slight advantage over 200 series, because you get the 10G SFP+ uplinks the 200s don’t have…
There are. My laptop bought Nov 2021 has 6E nic. I think the only one is a single Intel card for laptops so far.
You’re gonna wanna start considering upgrading. 6.4.x will go end of engineering support on March 31st. That doesn’t mean you can’t get support.
It does mean you may not be able to get bug fixes.
Thank you. No upgrades planned till next summer. Oct 31st 2024 is important date to move from 6.4.