+1 for HP ProCurve, except for the stuff they inherited from 3Com...
I've also had reasonably good luck with Netgear and D-Link managed switches.
The Cisco SMB stuff seems OK hardware-wise, but the software is questionable.
Note that all three of these options come with lifetime, free, firmware updates.
-Adam
On September 23, 2014 12:56:00 PM CDT, Chris Bagnall
<pfse...@lists.minotaur.cc> wrote:
>On 23/9/14 6:46 pm, RB wrote:
>> I'd suggest at least a managed switch that can do LACP.
>
>This.
>
>Given how small the price difference often is between unmanaged and
>semi-managed (aka 'smart') switches these days, it just doesn't make
>sense to buy unmanaged any more. You never know when things like VLANs,
>
>LLDP and LACP might just come in handy, and even if you never use them,
>
>a managed switch will also allow you to do other interesting things
>like
>graph per-port (and sometimes per-port-VLAN) usage, which can be useful
>
>for detecting misbehaving network hardware elsewhere.
>
>> I've
>> had decent results with the Linksys/Cisco SMB switches and the ZyXel
>> GS1900 range.
>
>One of our clients uses the Zyxel switches to good effect. Their 24
>port
>PoE versions are certainly competitively priced.
>
>I tend to use HP where possible. At the lower cost end of the market,
>something like the 1810-24G (web managed) is a good bet, or move up to
>the 2510/2520 if you need more management functionality and/or a CLI.
>I've avoided the 1910 range; AIUI they're basically rebadged 3Com units
>
>after the HP/3Com buyout.
>
>Kind regards,
>
>Chris
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