Ah, gotcha. I do sincerely hope that it doesn't matter - I would be really disappointed if we started seeing vendor lock-in between APs and switches, for example. But for now, as you say, it seems we are safe from this.
-- Hunter Fuller Network Engineer VBRH M-9B +1 256 824 5331 Office of Information Technology The University of Alabama in Huntsville Systems and Infrastructure I am part of the UAH Safe Zone LGBTQIA support network: http://www.uah.edu/student-affairs/safe-zone On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 3:39 PM, Turner, Ryan H <rhtur...@email.unc.edu> wrote: > I didn't make my point clearly, enough. I am saying that it probably won't > matter that you don't run HP switches, just like it doesn't matter than you > may not run cisco switches... And that I suspect every company that has > products in both switching and wireless is going to temp you, one way or the > other, to converging to a single vendor. I was simply saying this is nothing > new or different, and that in the end, probably won't matter. > > Ryan H Turner > Senior Network Engineer > The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill > CB 1150 Chapel Hill, NC 27599 > +1 919 445 0113 Office > +1 919 274 7926 Mobile > > -----Original Message----- > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Hunter Fuller > Sent: Monday, March 02, 2015 4:37 PM > To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] HP is reportedly trying to buy Aruba Networks > > Well, I don't know why Cisco is different, but they seem to be; Cisco > wireless gear doesn't care what switch it runs on, as far as I'm aware, as > long as it can get its dot3af power from it. > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 8:52 AM, Turner, Ryan H <rhtur...@email.unc.edu> wrote: >> Well, let's be fair... Every wireless vendor that runs a switching line is >> going to try to get you to run their switches. Why would Cisco be any >> different than HP. > > > -- > Hunter Fuller > Network Engineer > VBRH M-9B > +1 256 824 5331 > > Office of Information Technology > The University of Alabama in Huntsville > Systems and Infrastructure > > I am part of the UAH Safe Zone LGBTQIA support network: > http://www.uah.edu/student-affairs/safe-zone > > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent > Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
