On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 3:24 PM, TS Lura <tsl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear OpenBSD community, > > > I have been tasked with figuring out which supplier of networking equipment > we should buy for our networking edge. I am working on my own report. But > it would be nice to hear about your experiences , since I think there are > many in here which are experienced in networking. It's off topic but I hope > it's okay to ask in the misc part of openbsd.org. > > We are using Cisco in the core, and distribution. It's in the edge we are > thinking about other vendors. > > Today we are using Cisco 4500 (Layer 2 and 3) and 2960s (Layer 2) at the > edge where high availability is an issue. And 35xx, 37xx (layer 3) in > regular networking closets. It's these boxes (with focus on 2960 > replacements) we are thinking about replacing with the equivalent from > either Juniper or HP. > > What are your experiences with Cisco, Juniper, and HP in general. (Support, > licensing terms, how easy it is to debug / finding information, is it alot > of hassle working with multiple suppliers) > And more specific about using Cisco, Juniper, and/or HP in a > mixed environment. (Does it work, do you have to fiddle allot to get it to > work.) Our main concern is about ACS and 802.1x with non-cisco vendors.
It's good idea to try some of these to get offer and comparison: http://www.genua.de/ http://www.vantronix.com/ > > > Any replies will be greeted with gratitude. :) > > > -TSLura.
