Ask yourself if you really need layer 3 or higher. That's going to get expensive. Maybe you can accomplish what you want using your router/firewall and/or vlans? Gigabit may be overkill if the servers are only talking to the Internet.
I have good luck with adtran Netvanta products - great warranty and support. Solid conservative designs. Dell switches are made by a variety of companies including netgear Some people like netgear, but they look at them as being "disposable". As in, have one ready in the wings in case it dies. They have performance on par with more expensive brands. I also hear good things about HP procurve line. A lot of people go this way instead of Cisco. Extreme makes an incredible, but expensive product. If you say "cisco" to your extreme sales person they will beat cisco prices. You can get about anything you need in the Extreme line-up of products. Nortel makes a solid product. 3com is an option. Most 3com products are made by Huawei and Huawei will be a major telecom player within the decade. I dropped 3com because of their new support policies and pricing. -Nate > -----Original Message----- > From: Beru [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 3:35 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: OT: some advice needed to choose a switch > > > Hello, > > I am helping a friend to buy a switch (rackmounted) to handle > his 3+ servers in a telco rack. We do not have much > experience about this, but as specifications, we need: > - managed switch (web interface, snmp, ...) > - gigabit speed (at least for half of the ports) > - layer 3 or better, layer 4 (transport) support > - at least 12 ports, but no need for more than 24 > - price : no more than 500 (or around) > > Does these specs make sense? Could you recommend a product? > > Thanks, > Albert > > PS: answers containing "CISCO" will be marked as spam! ;-)) > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:245513 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
