Kind of offtopic here, but the latest firmware releases on certain Procurves support LLDP. They put LLDP support on the Cisco IP phones now, so now IP Phones can join the voice networks automatically (much like the switchport voice command worked on the Cisco side of things forever...)
I no longer see reason to put Cisco anywhere but the center of my network... On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Please read RFC 5322 if you don't understand the format of an e-mail address <[email protected]> wrote: > We used a Procurve switch at work to separate VoIP (tagged) and regular > traffic (tagged/untagged) and not once did we have any issues. I was so > impressed that I have since purchased used ones on eBay for my home as > well. I was extremely surprised when I called for support on one of them > and reached a competent person who didn't care where I got the switch > from, how old it was, etc. I can't say enough positive things about the > Procurve line. You get just as good of a product as you do with Cisco, > but without the astronomical cost. > > There's a reason they put a Procurve in the International Space Station. > > > -- > Andy > > > On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:31:08 -0500, "Steven J. Sumichrast" > <[email protected]> said: >> I wouldn't dare try to do what you are with a netgear. At a place I >> worked for a couple years ago I recommended a procurve for our 1Gbps >> network. They opted for the relatively low cost netgear. Now the thing >> is under performinging. It can't handle transferring from one port to >> the other anywhere near 95% without slowing down the rest of the >> switch ports. The tagging in it has some serious bugs. >> >> I would avoid netgear managed switches like the plague. Dell makes >> some good cheaper managed switches. I'll personally buy used procurve >> stuff from eBay for my home networks. More reliable, free support and >> it's just darn easy to use. Oh, and you get console access instead of >> web based only like netgear (yuck). > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
