[Tfug] Switches

[William Stott]

Here¹s a few:

Cisco 2960-24TT-L is a 24 port switch for branch offices.
Cisco WS-CE500-24TT is the Cisco Express 24 port switch with 2 10/100/1000
Uplink ports.
Juniper EX 4200-24P is the Juniper 24 Port 10/100/1000 PoE ports.

I do not know the costs offhand, but your email sounds like reliability is
important. I would not rely on anything else in a production environment
unless I absolutely had to. You did not mention a feature set so I did not
look at that. Also, it is important to note that you say that you are
looking at 16 port hubs. Hubs and switches are not considered the same to
me, and I would steer clear of hubs due to their limitations, lack of
reliability,  and network issues that they cause (i.e. Collisions).

Hope this helps,

Will


On 4/4/08 12:18 PM, "Bexley Hall" <bexley401 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> OK, I've had two 10/100 switches fail on me in
> the past 3 months.  :<  I can't believe there is
> an *ineherent* failure rate this high in such
> "fundamental" infrastructure components!  (though
> I'll admit I've never tried to figure out why they
> are so power hungry -- perhaps their choice of
> technology?)
> 
> Can anyone recommend a good vendor/model?  I am
> probably looking at 16 port hubs (so I can power
> down the hub associated with little-used devices).
> Preferably something that uses passive cooling to
> eliminate the fan noise and associated reliability
> issues.
> 
> THanx!
> --don
> 
> 
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