On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 9:48 AM Alvin Starr via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > > On 8/28/19 10:26 AM, James Knott via talk wrote: > > On 2019-08-28 09:50 AM, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > >> There is always Ubiquiti. Their stuff is a little more expensive than > >> what you will pay at CanadaComputers. > >> They tend to have decent long term support becuase they sell to WISPs > >> and there is usually an SSH/telnet capability built into the units so > >> you can poke around inside. > >> They now seem to sell direct in Canada. > > Any business grade unit should have similar, along with management > > software that runs on a computer. These units also tend to be designed > > for use on networks with multiple APs. Cisco has some great gear, but > > tends to be a bit pricey. > I would disagree with the Cisco having good gear. > Their consumer equipment may be better but their enterprise and carrier > grade switches have a tendency to have ports go bad. > > I recently went through 2 days of network outage because a Cisco carrier > switch had a port go bad and then the link was moved to a second port > that was bad. > In both cases Cisco carrier support could not identify the problem. > > Also in over 20 years of running networks for people the only switches > to ever have a port go bad have been Cisco. > Hopefully this isn't considered a thread hijacking - - - but - - - - is there any linux software for running a managed switch?
You are indicating that Cisco is perhaps not a great choice - - - - do you have any recommendations? (Hopefully not ones that are seriously 'ouch' in the price department - - - grin.) regards --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk