Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 16:05:43 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking for switch recommendations ... Message-ID: <20040327000542.GA2717@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <20040326115855.A90406@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20040326115855.A90406@ganymede.hub.org>
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--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--
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