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