Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 14:14:24 -0500 From: "Brandon S. DeYoung" <brandon@schoolpeople.net> To: "Jose Gabriel Marcelino" <gabriel@maquina.com> Cc: <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Gigabit recommendations Message-ID: <001601bfedc7$ba2c3f40$82571c18@austin.rr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007141221310.35113-100000@devils.maquina.com>
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Something worth taking a look at for a switch is the Dlink 5600: http://www.dlink.com/products/switches/des5600/ I've got one of these, it works like a charm and is a whole lot cheaper than anything even remotely comparable from Cisco or 3Com. ~Brandon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jose Gabriel Marcelino" <gabriel@maquina.com> To: "Chris Dillon" <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> Cc: <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 6:31 AM Subject: Re: Gigabit recommendations > > Hi! > > > > Note I only mentioned 3Com here, these are the only ones I could get some > > > info on. I'd be very happy to know other good, trustworthy brands you are > > > using (I think Cisco may be very expensive but I haven't found the correct > > > model yet...) > > > > The 3COM switches are all over-priced CRAP. Go with Cisco or HP > > ProCurve, which should cost the same or less, respectively, and offer > > better performance and features. I'm speaking entirely from > > experience. :-) > > I was somewhat expecting that response on 3Com products :) > > I looked really well into HP and Cisco and I was very surprised to find > that the Cisco really is less expensive than 3Com here. > > The HP one looks nice too, I'm amazed to find a HP product that looks good > (and is recommended) after all the mess I've seen with all the > brain-damaged Jetdirect printer modules (the printers themselves aren't > too good either) and the brain-damaGING HP-UX boxes I've unfortunately had > to support :) > > Thanks a lot for your advice! > > Regards > > Gabriel > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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