[cisco-voip] might be a little OT about switches

[Bill Woodcock]

    > We are moving from a PBX to Cisco IPT little by little.  Each year's
    > budget gets us a little closer.  This year's budget I'm hoping to
    > replace our current switches with PoE switches, most likely 3560's.

We just upgraded from 3750s to 3560G/PoEs, and we've been very, very 
happy.

    > Since I want some redundancy I'm trying do
    > decide on weather to go strictly layer 2 at the IDFs or maybe a layer 3
    > switch at the top with layer 2 switches below. 

I'm a traditionalist...  Keep each piece doing what it does well...  Use 
your switches for L2, and a router for L3.

                                -Bill