Not too long ago (well, early 90's) they were one of the best choices for switches, especially if you didn't want to go to the extreme cost of the Ciscos and Nortels out there. They had the best network cards as well. It's amazing that our 3Com SuperStack 3300's still work well today.
Then, sometime in the late 90's/early 2000's, they went to pot. The products were expensive, support was limited, and problems cropped up. I have no idea how their current product line is now. Supposedly, they've improved. There needs to be a place that performs testing on switches. Is there a magazine that regularly does switch speed testing and long term reliability reports on network equipment? Network World seems to focus on the higher-end of the scale, anybody know of someplace that reports on the Edge networks? --Matt Ross ----- Original Message ----- From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:19:29 -0800 Subject: Re: edge switch (to the desktops) > 3com? In the Top 3? Doubtful... I rank them slightly above DLink, > Linksys, etc... > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Phil Brutsche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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? > > > > -- > > > > Phil Brutsche > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
