[K12OSN] Recommendation Needed

Eric Brown ericbrow at gmail.com
Mon Mar 19 16:40:12 UTC 2007


I've been using a 24-port Netgear 10/100 switch with no problems to
run 20 clients.  I do know gigabit is recommended for the server link,
but you can run without it.

Eric

On 3/19/07, Peter Scheie <peter at scheie.homedns.org> wrote:
> You can get a cheap TrendNet switch with 24 100Mb ports + 2 1Gb ports for ~$95 at
> NewEgg.com.
>
> Petre
>
> Pete Horm wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> > I am trying to decide what is the best route  to take with the switch
> > that I am going to connect the server and clients to.  From reading many
> > of the posts, gigabit is recommended for the server.  I unfortunately
> > don't have any gigabit switches.  I do have a cisco 3500 spare switch.
> > In looking for cheap gig switches, there are a few for around 300.00,
> > but they are low end stuff.  I might be able to scrape a few coins
> > together to buy one of these for the school district with what is left
> > in the budget. In your experience, which way would you recommend?
> > Thanks so much!
> >
> >
> > pete
> >
> >
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