[K12OSN] Recommendations for gigabit switches?

[Andrew Fisk]

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On Feb 28, 2012, at Tuesday, February 28, 201212:03 PM, John Oligario wrote:

> What would you rather have, a solid network or pulling a switch out every
> few months?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf
> Of Les Mikesell
> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 7:48 AM
> To: Support list for open source software in schools.
> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Recommendations for gigabit switches?
> 
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Jeff Siddall <news at siddall.name> wrote:
>> On 02/27/2012 12:18 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>>> 
>>> Don't go cheap on the high port count portions. Netgear looks great 
>>> but tends to buckle under load. Cisco is solid but $$$$$$$$$! ouch!
>> 
>> 
>> I used Netgear ProSafe smart switches, not because they are great but 
>> because they are cheap and they stand behind them with a lifetime
> warranty.
>>  Good thing too because I have RMA'd a few of them!
>> 
>> Bottom line is you won't likely find a better 24 port gig smart switch 
>> for ~$200, or a better 24 port PoE smart switch (12 PoE ports) for ~$250.
>> 
>> Be aware they don't have a CLI but the web interface is OK for 
>> infrequent use.
>> 
>> I have a GE connected servers, some GE clients and a bunch of FE 
>> clients and never had any performance issues.
>> 
>> I am not saying you should buy Netgear, just that there is at least 
>> one person out there that has used them successfully in an LTSP
> environment.
> 
> I've used some older Dell GB switches that have been reliable.   But,
> for this scale you could probably use the kind that have a couple of GBIC
> connections and daisy-chain the gig link from the server to switch to switch
> with the rest of the switch ports at 100M.
> 
> -- 
>   Les Mikesell
>    lesmikesell at gmail.com
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