[K12OSN] Recommendation Needed

[William Fragakis]

yeah, what he said. ;-)

We've used these for 18 months without a hitch (we don't need vlan
support). Anything above 6-7 clients per server and you'll need gig-e
between the server and switch. 

Also, be aware of the noise level of a switch if it's going to be in a
classroom. We were provided with some really nice Linksys switches but
they are significantly louder - fan noise.

William Fragakis
morrisbrandon.com

On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 00:34 -0500, k12osn-request at redhat.com wrote:
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:30:54 -0600
> From: Peter Scheie <peter at scheie.homedns.org>
> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Recommendation Needed
> To: "Support list for open source software in schools."
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> 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
> > 
> >