Sherwood Botsford wrote:
So I went to 3com's web site. Got frustrated as hell trying to find what I was looking for.
3com still makes switches?
1. Why is a cisco 2960-PT-ATTL eleven times the price of a Dell PowerConnect 2724?
Because it's painted that special blue-green color and has a picture of a bridge on the front. Most of the 2960s are also PoE, which you probably don't need.
2. I figure there is less likely to be gotchas if all my core switches are from the same vendor. What vendors do you recommend for inexpensive switches.
Why not ebay some old Cisco 2948G or 2980G switches? They last forever, and they're cheap now because they run CatOS instead of IOS so nobody wants them.
