[TriLUG] OT: Hardware question

[Matt Pusateri]

I can whole heartily advise against the dell switches.  I have a bunch
of the 5324's and hate them.  And you can't manage the web interface
from anything but IE.  There command line interface seems rather
unintuitive for setting up vlans. I've slowly been replacing them and
sending the Dell's to our corporate office to the windows admins.

Matt

OlsonE at aosa.army.mil wrote:
> Well, right now I've compared things to a Dell PowerConnect switch,
> which can easily be had for 100-200 off ebay.... 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> Behalf Of Magnus
> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 2:22 PM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] OT: Hardware question
>
> OlsonE at aosa.army.mil wrote:
>   
>> Here's what I'm looking for:
>>
>> - 10/100/1000 switch that supports vlans (managed).
>>
>> I'm planning on using this at home. Any recommendations... or ones to 
>> stay away from?
>>
>> At LEAST 8 ports. The more the merrier (until cost becomes an issue).
>>     
>
> I've got a Cisco Catalyst 3524 at home.  24x standard ethernet ports
> running at 10/100, and 2 GBIC (gigabit) ports.  Has all the great
> management stuff you could want and they are somewhat affordable these
> days on eBay.
>
> If you want all the ports to be gigabit, AND you want management &
> vlan's, then cost is going to be an issue.
>
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