off topic: unmanageable switch?

Jeff Laine wtf.jlaine at gmail.com
Fri Jun 19 12:22:06 UTC 2009


On Fri,06/19/09 [17:31:49], Olivier Nicole wrote:
> Nikos,
> 
> > My list of priorities, with 1 being the most important.
> > 1. Price
> > 2. Stability
> 
> As the price is the most important for you, buy any cheap switch.
> 
> Now I have had satisfaction with Dlink and Compex, maybe not among the
> cheapest, but still cheap. I have had some working for 6 or 7 years
> non stop. I would not use them as core switch, but as satellite
> switches they do OK.
> 
> > 3. No "smart" features
> > 4. STP support
> 
> STP is definitely a smart feature, it comes with higher models only.
> 
> Bests,
> 
> Olivier
> 
I'd choose 3com. Their low-end unmanaged models are pretty cheap as well
as some smarter officeconnect models.

-- 
Best regards,
Jeff

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