Hi, I know that this list is more for service provider discussions, but I feel like this is still the most suited place to ask.
We just founded a hacker space [1] and are about to setup our home. For a few rooms full of people making and creating things and working on nerdy stuff you need a good networking infrastructure. So I have come to the following requirements: Fully managed, layer 3 and IPv6 capable switch(es) with 48 ports in total, at least 24 of them gigabit. The most affordable solution for me seems to be a stack of 3750s: 3750G-24T + 3750-24TS. Which has the added benefit that we could add another 3750G-24T to increase the number of gigabit ports later on. I have found all chassis based solutions from Cisco to be more expensive on the used marked, especially if you want a decent Supervisor. A Catalyst 3560G-48 would cost about the same or even slightly more than two 3750G-24 and we would have to spend all the money at once - and with the 3750Gs we could connect servers redundantly. I had a quick look into Juniper and HP but also clouldn't find any solution that would beat a stack of 3750s. So if you have any further ideas what I should look into (or maybe even know someone who would donate (or sell at a reasonably price) suitable gear to a recently founded german hacker space) I'd be glad to hear from you. Thanks, Markus [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackerspace _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/