For our money, the dell (nee force10) are quite good enough and about 1/2 or better the equivalent cisco discounted price. Hp are also decent. On Feb 24, 2012 5:25 PM, "Will Dennis" <[email protected]> wrote:
> The word "Cheap" does NOT apply to (real) Cisco switches. > > All the "real" Cisco switches (2960 series on up) support BPDU guard > etc. The "toy" Cisco switches (ex-Linksys) I'm not so sure about. > > I'd look at HP or Dell (ducking!) if you want something cheaper in a > managed switch. I personally don't (and wouldn't) use Linksys, Netgear, > DLink etc. for production networks. > > Best, > Will > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Chuong Dao > Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 4:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [lopsa-tech] Loop detection/prevention. > > I just spent about 2 hours trying to isolate at loop caused by and > ex-employee(kidding). > > I am aware of some methods out there with HP and Cisco switches like > BDPU, or loop-protect in HP. What do you think the best solution for > this using those cheap switches without such features? > > I also looking at limiting MAC address per port on Cisco switches. Do > you know what's the cheapest model that supports this feature? > > Thank you for your inputs. > > -CD > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ >
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