On Tuesday 21 Feb 2006 23:16, Chris Bagnall wrote: > > £40! That would be a cheap and nasty switch with no prospect > > of any management. A managed switch is worth its weight in > > gold, /especially/ when you have to look after things remotely. > > How does one justify the extra cost of a managed switch for an office of no > more than 5-10 users with limited SMB file sharing and lightweight internet > access going over the thing? It's just not doable. In larger organizations, > I agree entirely, a managed switch *is* worth its weight in gold, but not > for small businesses.
You are lucky then that you have never been in a position to try and work out why a node or network does not work when you are many miles away. How much do you charge a day? The chances are that just one days callout would pay for it. Using anything else other than a managed switch for a business smacks of incompetence. It can also tell if your customers have been playing sillybuggers with the network. B -- http://www.mailtrap.org.uk/ _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
