Beru wrote: > > I am helping a friend to buy a switch (rackmounted) to handle his 3+ servers > in a telco rack. We do not have much experience about this, but as > specifications, we need: > - managed switch (web interface, snmp, ...) > - gigabit speed (at least for half of the ports) > - layer 3 or better, layer 4 (transport) support
What exactly do you mean by this? You want to be able to use it as a router or do you just want to be able to filer a bit? IPv4 or IPv6? > - at least 12 ports, but no need for more than 24 > - price : no more than 500 (or around) > > Does these specs make sense? If it is just your own equipment I would go for layer 2, layer 4 is really only necessary if you want to filter customers that are on the same VLAN. Furthermore I would look into where exactly the filtering takes place, on the CPU or in the ASICs. > Could you recommend a product? For the price you want to pay: HP Procurve 2524 For the features you want to have: HP ProCurve 2824 Alcatel 6850 Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:245533 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
