[K12OSN] Recommended GigE switches & GigE PCI nics?

Sat Oct 15 04:19:56 UTC 2005

Careful with that ASUS switch; one of the reviews says that you need a
Windows application to configure the thing.  ASUS's Web site appears to
confirm this.  Since I refuse to use Windows, that switch therefore
wouldn't work in my case, if I ever needed to tweak it.

That said, I've used several switches with success.  Here they are.

Bay/Nortel BayStack 450-24T (has one Gig-E fiber interface)
Amer.com's SR48G2i (newer version is now out)
Cisco Catalyst 3548 and 3550-48

Only the BayStack 450-24T would be close in price to the ASUS offering,
though; the Amer.com and (of course) Cisco offerings are considerably
more expensive than $110.  As long as you don't need to manage it,
though, and you keep everything on autonegotiate, this ASUS offering
probably would work fairly well.

Good luck,

--TP
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Windows-free since 2003

On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 21:33 -0400, John Baillie wrote:

> We have had very good luck with amer.com switches
> 
> Wilson Chan wrote:
> > Looking at a upgrading our school's LTSP servers with Gigabit nics and switches. What are you guys using and recommend? 
> > 
> > NewEgg has this Asus switch below for cheap. Anyone tried it? 
> > 
> > # ASUS GigaX1024P 10/100/1000Mbps Rack Mountable Smart Switch - Retail ($110)
> > Dimensions: 1.7" x 17.5" x 7.9"
> > MAC Address Table: 8K
> > Ports: 24 RJ-45 for 10 /100Mbps BASE-TX ports 2 RJ-45 for 10/100/1000Mbps BASE-T ports
> > Power: Power supply AC, 100~240VAC, 50/60HZ Power consumption: < 15W
> > Security: UL1950 TUV
> > Standards: IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3x, 802.3ab, 802.1p
> > Switching Method: Store and Forward
> > VLAN Support: Yes
> > # Model #: GigaX1024P
> > # Item #: N82E16833320404
> > 
> > 
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