We use the Dell PowerConnect series in our labs at work. We beat them up hard and had a very low failure rate for the three years I have been there.
On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 5:02 PM, John Jason Jordan <[email protected]>wrote: > I have a Netgear GS116 16-port gigabit switch, although I really always > wanted a 24-port. The Netgear died recently* and I needed a replacement > toot sweet on a weekend, so I got an 8-port Dynex at Best Buy, just to > get me running again. However, once every couple of weeks I discover > that a printer is not connected and I have to go shuffle cables because > 8 ports is not enough. So now I am shopping for a 24-port gigabit switch > that will not die a few months after the warranty is up. > > *It is up for grabs if someone wants to spend the time to fix it. > > So what is a good brand for reliability? Any particular models that > people like? > We use the Dell PowerConnect series in our labs at work. We beat them up hard and had a very low failure rate for the three years I have been there. Nice thing about these is that the defaults on these work for our environment without changes. We just have to add some ACL's to drop certain types of traffic. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
