"smart" switch recommendations?

[Ulf Zimmermann]

On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 04:51:47PM +0200, Jon Otterholm wrote:
> Eric Anderson wrote:
> >Mark Bucciarelli wrote:
> >>We are looking to buy a new smart (aka a dumbed-down managed)
> >>switch.
> >>
> >>I read the recent Tom's Hardware review [1] of the Netgear
> >>FS728TS, and price- and feature-wise it looks like what we need
> >>EXCEPT THAT the setup utility is Windows-only and the web gui
> >>doesn't display properly in Firefox, two show-stoppers for us.
> >>
> >>Any recommendations? 
> >>m
> >>
> >>[1] http://www.tomsnetworking.com/2006/03/13/netgear_fs728ts/
> >
> >
> >The netgear products we've used are mediocre at best.  We've been 
> >buying a lot of Dell switches, and they seem to be pretty decent.  
> >They might be a bit more expensive though.
> >
> >With managed switches, you often get what you pay for.
> not allways, sometimes less and sometimes more.
> >
> >Eric
> >
> >
> >
> For standard managed switches we use Dlink and HP. Dlink 3526/3550 and 
> HP 2600 have the most in functionality for the SMB access layer at an 
> unbeatable cost.
> We also use Dlink DGS3324SR on some backbone sites where Gigabit, 
> JumboFrame and >250 802.1Q are required.

I like the HP ProCurve 2626 and 2650. The 2626 is less then $500 for
us at CDW and it is fully managed. The only thing I don't like is
that HP does monitoring a port only 1 way, so you always have to
monitor 2 ports to get all traffic.

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Regards, Ulf.

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