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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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On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 12:05:10PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
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> 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

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