Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 08:29:30 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: "Michael R. Wayne" <wayne@staff.msen.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cool little 100BaseTX switch - they're coming down in price Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912210820530.5973-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <19991221102911.A26853@staff.msen.com>
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On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Michael R. Wayne wrote: > On Mon, Dec 20, 1999 at 10:46:37PM -0600, Tim Tsai wrote: > > > > Best bang for the buck category: HP ProCurve 4000M. 40 switched 10/100 > > ports (that's with the chassis half filled). > > Note that HP's pricing on additional cards is silly. It's cheaper > to buy 2 4000Ms and throw the second chassis away than to buy 5 > more cards. Ever noticed it's this way with *anything* that has add-in blades? :) If you buy two chassis, you can take the parts and make one fully populated one -- with both power supplies even. And $3000 for 80 100mbit ports is pretty good port density if you ask me. And they take Gig Ethernet cards so you can set up a neat switching fabric for cheap. The 2GB backplane speed is the only limiting factor. Forestall the Cisco invasion a little longer. :) I remember TotalControl modem racks are sold the same way, generally. > Other than that, great product. 2424M (not 2424) has simialr > feature set in a 24 port version. The 8000M is a waste of money, btw. Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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