Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:22:00 +0400 From: Jeff Laine <wtf.jlaine@gmail.com> To: Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: off topic: unmanageable switch? Message-ID: <20090619122159.GA94133@free.bsd.loc> In-Reply-To: <200906191031.n5JAVndu013492@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> References: <4A3B66ED.40506@gmx.com> <200906191031.n5JAVndu013492@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th>
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On Fri,06/19/09 [17:31:49], Olivier Nicole wrote: > Nikos, > > > My list of priorities, with 1 being the most important. > > 1. Price > > 2. Stability > > As the price is the most important for you, buy any cheap switch. > > Now I have had satisfaction with Dlink and Compex, maybe not among the > cheapest, but still cheap. I have had some working for 6 or 7 years > non stop. I would not use them as core switch, but as satellite > switches they do OK. > > > 3. No "smart" features > > 4. STP support > > STP is definitely a smart feature, it comes with higher models only. > > Bests, > > Olivier > I'd choose 3com. Their low-end unmanaged models are pretty cheap as well as some smarter officeconnect models. -- Best regards, Jeff | "Nobody wants to say how this works. | | Maybe nobody knows ..." | | Xorg.conf(5) |
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