thus Barry, Christopher spake:
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Karel Gardas
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 8:19 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: OT: Good GigE 8-port switch?
Hello,
I'm looking to replace my old 100Mbit Edimax desktop switch
with something
able to manage Gbit ethernet. The purpose is office usage,
but since I'm
software developer and like playing with network technologies I would
prefer to have something with VLAN/QoS/jumbo frames support on board.
Since this means more software written on the switch, I'm
more aware of
the fact that it might be buggy and so I'm searching for any
advice with
regarding to reliable switch manufacturer. So far I've just
found some
OvisLink, D-Link, Edimax, 3Com, Linksys, LevelOne, SMC which
do support at
least part of the wanted features, but none of the companies
tell anything
about their products reliability of course.
Thanks,
Karel
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Karel Gardas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ObjectSecurity Ltd. http://www.objectsecurity.com
I've had very good experiences with SMC, as a brand, ok experiences with
3Com as a brand, and very poor experiences with the D-Link and Linksys
brands.
HTH,
-C
same here. SMC is very good and the products can be bought at a decent
price. for enterprise networking, we use nortel switches after years of
poor and not so good experiences with other brands.
as a rule of thumb: beware consumer level products. you may save 50%
when buying them, put you'll pay for it later. and you'll pay much more
than you saved!
timo
