Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 22:34:08 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: Jose Gabriel Marcelino <gabriel@maquina.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Gigabit recommendations Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007132229510.16034-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007140007160.32703-100000@devils.maquina.com>
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On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Jose Gabriel Marcelino wrote: > My main doubt in on the switch side, I'm tempted to go for the 3Com > SuperStack II 3900 which I can get for around US$2.400 here for the 24 > port version. > > The 3800 is also tempting with it's layer 3 switching but at US$6.330 a > piece it's a bit of overkill and overbudget for my company. > > 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've also heard very good things about Extreme Networks and Foundry Networks switches, but I have no personal experience with them. -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For Intel x86 and Alpha architectures. ( http://www.freebsd.org ) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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