All of pfSense (ESF & Netgate, including the collocation sites) runs on a 
combination of Dell PowerEdge 5524P (PoE), 5548, and 8924F switches.

-- Jim

> On Sep 23, 2014, at 12:56 PM, Chris Bagnall <[email protected]> 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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