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Netgear looks great <br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">but tends to buckle under load. Cisco is solid but $$$$$$$$$! ouch!<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I used Netgear ProSafe smart switches, not because they are great but <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">because they are cheap and they stand behind them with a lifetime<br></blockquote>warranty.<br><blockquote type="cite"> Good thing too because I have RMA'd a few of them!<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Bottom line is you won't likely find a better 24 port gig smart switch <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">for ~$200, or a better 24 port PoE smart switch (12 PoE ports) for ~$250.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Be aware they don't have a CLI but the web interface is OK for <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">infrequent use.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I have a GE connected servers, some GE clients and a bunch of FE <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">clients and never had any performance issues.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I am not saying you should buy Netgear, just that there is at least <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">one person out there that has used them successfully in an LTSP<br></blockquote>environment.<br><br>I've used some older Dell GB switches that have been reliable. But,<br>for this scale you could probably use the kind that have a couple of GBIC<br>connections and daisy-chain the gig link from the server to switch to switch<br>with the rest of the switch ports at 100M.<br><br>-- <br> Les Mikesell<br> <a href="mailto:lesmikesell@gmail.com">lesmikesell@gmail.com</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>K12OSN mailing list<br><a href="mailto:K12OSN@redhat.com">K12OSN@redhat.com</a><br>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn<br>For more info see <http://www.k12os.org><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>K12OSN mailing list<br>K12OSN@redhat.com<br>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn<br>For more info see <http://www.k12os.org><br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>