Speaking of running gig long distances, does anyone on the list have suggestions on a >8 port L2 switch with fiber ports based on personal experience? Lots of 48 port gig switches have 2-4 fiber uplink ports, but this means daisy-chains instead of hub/spoke. Looking for a central switch for a star topography to home fiber runs that is cost effective and works.
Considering: DLink DXS-3326GSR NetGear GSM7312 Foundry SX-FI12GM-4 Zyxel GS-4012F I realize not all these switches are IEEE 802.3ae, Clause 49 or IEEE 802.3aq capable. Andrew -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:06 PM To: Michael Loftis Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: cooling door On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:48:47 MDT, Michael Loftis said: > Yeah except in a lot of areas there is no MAN, and the ILECs want to > bend you over for any data access. I've no idea how well the MAN idea > is coming along in various areas, but you still have to pay for access > to it somehow, and that adds to overhead. Which leads to attempt > efficiency gains through centralization and increased density. I doubt we'll ever see the day when running gigabit across town becomes cost effective when compared to running gigabit to the other end of your server room/cage/whatever.
