2009/12/19 Stéphane Graber <[email protected]>: > Leonardo Canducci wrote: >> I'm setting up an LTSP classroom with 10 clients and an edubuntu >> server. It's an high school lab for electric cad and simulation; no >> multimedia. LTSP is not the only use and the classroom is connected to >> a quite large school nework on the same subnet. Clients are quite >> powerful pcs with gigabit ethernet and so is the server but they're >> connected with some old 24 port hub I guess I'd better replace with a >> switch. >> >> Since I'm quite a newbie when it comes to network hardware and I'm on >> a tight budget (100-200€) I really need help choosing the right >> switch. So here come a couple of questions: >> 1. do I need gigabit ports in such a setup? > > Having at least uplink ports as Gigabit is a very good idea (1-2 ports). > >> 2. maybe two of gigabit ports (one for the server and one for the >> gateway) is enough? > > Yep, that'd probably be enough. > >> 3. should I consider managed/vlan/layer3 options or I'm fine with a >> standard unmanaged switch? > > You won't be able to find any reliable 24port managed switch with > Gigabit uplink within your budget and unless you have to do VOIP or > other activities that you'd like to put on a separate VLAN it won't be > extremely useful for you. > >> 4. will any 50€ switch do or I'd better look for brands with proved >> reputation? > > And finally: is there some specific model/brand you could recommend? > > When possible, I usually try to take something in relatively well-known > brands, it makes looking for information, reviews and debug/issue > information easier, have a look at (I'm sure I'm missing some): > - 3COM > - Cisco (too expensive for you I'm pretty sure) > - DELL > - HP > - Linksys > - Trendnet (had some issue with some of their hardware, check for > reviews before buying)
I found a couple of interesting products: 3com Baseline Switch 2026 (24 10/100 ports + 2 gigabit 150€) dlink des 1026g (same as above, 126€) netgear gs116 (16 gigabit ports, 138€) dlink dgs1016g (same as above, 135€) So switches with 24 10/100 +2gigabit ports or 16 gigabit ports cost about the same. Considering that I need 12 ports, what's best for me? Oh... and I've got a new question: I can't check until tomorrow, but what if all cables are CAT5 only? Should I discard any gigabit option? Thanks again! -- Leonardo Canducci -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
