RE: [IMail Forum] WAY OT: Recommended Switches

[CyberSharks.Net Support Team]

LinkSys should be pretty good but if you are looking for something that can be centrally managed go with Cisco, HP, or Nortel. All come with management suites that allow you manage the devices via a web interface once you set it up through the console. We use Nortel BayStacks here, but we used to use some of the HP Procurves. Can’t tell a whole lot of difference between them.   Justin Dixon, CCNA CyberSharks.Net, Inc. http://www.cybersharks.net     From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Rabe Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 11:14 AM To: IMail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com Subject: [IMail Forum] WAY OT: Recommended Switches   I am looking at upgrading/replacing some switches.  I currently use NetGear and while they have been pretty reliable it seems they just drop packets for no good reason.  I would like something a little more robust and less “home user.”  Of course, Cisco’s would be great, but that isn’t in the budget.  Are the newer NetGear’s better?  More reliable?  Is there a model anyone recommends in particular?  Or is there another brand you recommend?  I have never had luck with LinkSys, but maybe they are better now since Cisco bought them?  Any input on that?   It just needs to be a simple switch, unmanaged.  However, if the price is right, I would like a managed L2 or L3 switch.   Thanks!   Travis