I've used both of those in their POE flavor.
The HP ones work great and come with free lifetime support. But out of 4 I bought at my last company I had to replace 2 or 3 for failures in the first year. One was DOA out of the box. Once I got past that they worked pretty well. I'm not sure if it was a bad batch since they were all bought at the same time or what. The 3Coms while not very sexy looking just seem to work. From: Chyka, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 6:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Switch Purchase Question... I am looking to upgrade switching for a architectural/engineering firm here. It is a small network with 85 devices on it. I want to go gigabit and the owner probably wont spend the $$$ to get Cisco gear. I was looking at 3com and HP. Here are the models I was looking at for each vendor: 3Com Switch 4200G 48-Port 3CR17662-91 Hp ProCurve 2810-48G 48 Port It is a flat network so I only need a layer 2 device. It is a cad heavy shop and I was wondering which one you would lean toward or if there was another model you like better by same or different vendor in the $2500-$3000 range. Thanks! ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
