+1 

but I'm a Cisco bigot and I love the 3750 series.  If the top three are too 
expensive, then look at the Dell power connect 6248s.  All the features but not 
all the price.

Shook

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 3:49 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: edge switch (to the desktops)

a) Avoid dlink/netgear/linksys like the plague. If it's cheap, it's
cheap for a reason. The top 3 switch vendors are Cisco HP and 3com for a
reason, I would stick with one of them.

b) Chassis vs stack: it depends on the port density, traffic patterns,
and connectivity to the network core.

If *I* were to stack a series of gigabit switches, I would use something
that has dedicated high-speed stacking ports using 10G-E or faster, like
a Cisco 3750G, or ProCurve 2900-48G. The 3com 4500G you mentioned is
vaguely comparable.

Jake Gardner wrote:
> Also, I forgot to ask what are people's thoughts on using a chassis
> setup versus a stack?

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