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The need
Guest complaints concentrated on the evening peak, when the lobby, conference floor and all 180 rooms shared a saturated Wi-Fi 4 system. The hotel would not open ceilings: any design had to use the existing CAT5e runs to each floor's ceiling void, and it had to be installed floor by floor while the property stayed open. The conference floor also needed PoE for IP phones and a door-access panel.
What was specified
| Model | Qty | Role in the project |
|---|---|---|
| RS1025K-8LG-2S-10G | 6 | Floor distribution switch, 2.5G down to access points, 10G SFP+ to the riser |
| RS1024K-P16-2S-M | 6 | PoE distribution in the ceiling void, power for APs and door panels |
| RS1008K-P8-4S-10G-M | 2 | Conference floor PoE, IP phones and 10G uplink to the core |
Why that split
The floor switch was chosen for its 2.5G copper ports, because the new access points can use more than 1G and the existing CAT5e is short enough to carry it. PoE lives in the ceiling void, where the devices actually are, so the hotel did not need a new power circuit per floor. The 10G riser only joins the two wings, which keeps the hotel from replacing its whole backbone in one budget year.
Result
- Rooms were migrated floor by floor, and the hotel never closed a wing.
- Access-point and door-panel power moved into the same managed platform as guest traffic, so VLAN separation for guests, staff and door access came with it.
- The riser upgrade can be repeated wing by wing as the remaining floors are refreshed.
Client and property are anonymised. The configuration is a reference design, not a quotation; port counts, PoE budgets and cable lengths are confirmed per site survey.
