Nortel has some good edge switches. The 4500 series has several models with 10/100/1000 ports, and you can get them with or without POE.
http://products.nortel.com/go/product_content.jsp?segId=0&catId=null&par Id=0&prod_id=60960&locale=en-US The switches perform well, are easy to manage via web gui, cli, or Device Manager client. I wouldn't worry about no stinkeen financials, either... Ever since 3Com abandoned the enterprise switch market and left us hanging, I've avoided their products like the plague. ________________________________ From: Jake Gardner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 2:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: edge switch (to the desktops) All, Less than a month ago some people chimed in about core switching, but my question is for edge switches. We have some aging 3com 3300's that we are looking to replace. I'd like to move to the gb models to the desktop considering our 3300 stacks are connected to a 3812 which has an aggregated gb link to a core 3870 in the server room. Any thoughts on models? 3com 4500G (over $2000), Dlink dgs-3100(under $1500)? Price is a factor but we won't buy cheap to be cheap. Thanks, Jake Gardner TTC Network Administrator Ext. 246 ***Teletronics Technology Corporation*** This e-mail is confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the addressee or authorized by the addressee to receive this e-mail, you may not disclose, copy, distribute, or use this e-mail. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail or by telephone at 267-352-2020 and destroy this message and any copies. Thank you. ******************************************************************* ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
