On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 08:17:48PM +0200, Henning Brauer wrote: > * Jussi Peltola <pe...@pelzi.net> [2010-05-20 20:07]: > > > If you want reliability, do not use cheap switches. Switch power > > supplies are not the failure mode you want to avoid. I don't remember > > seeing very many at all, however I've seen lots of crappy ones lose > > their config or stop forwarding completely while keeping the link up. > > guess i lack the cheap shit switch experience. > > i do have experience with expensive shit switches tho. they suck in > many different ways, never seen the behaviour you describe above tho. > > but then, ever since using said procurves, that is history.
I agree with the "don't use cheap switches" statement. If you look at the price of (eg) used procurve 2824's then I don't see why anyone would use Netgear or suchlike. It's also good to have a switch with a real management interface that can help you tell what's going on. Graham
