From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 26 16:05:52 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 677A216A4CE for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2004 16:05:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D27943D1D for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2004 16:05:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (IDENT:brdavis@localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.12.10/8.12.3) with ESMTP id i2R05iZa012359; Fri, 26 Mar 2004 16:05:44 -0800 Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.12.10/8.12.3/Submit) id i2R05hS6012352; Fri, 26 Mar 2004 16:05:43 -0800 Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 16:05:43 -0800 From: Brooks Davis To: "Marc G. Fournier" Message-ID: <20040327000542.GA2717@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> References: <20040326115855.A90406@ganymede.hub.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040326115855.A90406@ganymede.hub.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-milter (http://amavis.org/) on odin.ac.hmc.edu cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking for switch recommendations ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 00:05:52 -0000 --k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 12:05:10PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote: >=20 > I'm looking at replacing my el'cheapo switch with something better that > will allow me to fix my issues with the em/full-duplex problem ... >=20 > I'm looking for ssomething managed, as well as SNMP aware so that I can > tie it into Zabbix for monitoring ... something 8 or 12 port preferred. >=20 > Cisco, of course, is always a big name ... but also expensive ... oen > recommendation is the xl 1900, but I can't find any specs on her at > cisco's site, so discontinued product? I've been happy with the Catalyst 2950T-24 (24-10/100 + 2-10/100/100). They make smaller versions in that series. > What about Netgear, which I have easy access to? Or Alcatel? >=20 > models to stay away from? Stay away from the SMC TigerSwitch 8624T. It's got a hugh list of features an looks great on paper, but in practice, most of the features are pretty half-assed. It doesn't even boot reliably. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD4DBQFAZMVVXY6L6fI4GtQRAu9QAJUa0K6k7R2dTkWSPDmupIGiS+PYAKCKqSVV X4jsdHyqvM33OehH6F4XvQ== =Q+QV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0--