Cisco Business 250 Series CBS250-24T-4G - Switch - L3 - smart - 24 x 10/100/1000 + 4 x Gigabit SFP - rack-mountable - remanufactured

Product Overview

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For £140 ex‑VAT, this Cisco CBS 250 24‑port (4x uplink SFP) is a pretty sensible buy for a small office that wants proper managed L3 without paying for a “prosumer” bundle. The 24x 1GbE ports cover the everyday needs—desktops, printers, NAS—while the SFP uplinks make it easier to link to a router, firewall, or another switch if you’ve got fibre in the building (or plan to). It’s also a good fit if you care about features like VLANs, inter-VLAN routing, and sensible traffic handling rather than just basic “plug and pray” switching.

That said, I’d only recommend it if you’re comfortable with the reality of a remanufactured unit: it’s usually good value, but you should still check warranty terms and how confident you are about lifecycle support. Also, don’t expect it to behave like a core/datacentre switch—this is for edge/distribution use. If your network is going to be heavily saturated or you need advanced routing/security/stacking at scale, you’d likely be better off budgeting for something higher up the Cisco line. For a typical UK SMB setup, though, this is the kind of “quietly reliable, cost-effective, and manageable” switch that earns its keep—especially at this price point.