so mr. cagud, what is therefore your recommendation for ISP class
switches? to be used is EXTREMELY saturated networks...CISCO sells good
switches too but at their prices you could by 4 3Com switches. tsk. tsk.
tsk.
>
> > >
> > > 1. Why is the 3Com hub much bigger than the Intel InBusiness hub?
> > > 2. Why is a 12-port hub more expensive than the 16-port hub?
> > > 3. Bottomline: what makes the two-fold increase in price worthit?
> >
> > i think that model of 3Com is stackable compared to the intel which is
> > probably not.
>
> a little net surfing showed that while said 3Com model is called "SuperStack," it
> actually is not logically stackable. logically stackable means being able to
> connect to other ethernet distribution frame devices(switches, hubs, repeaters,
> etc) via a physical device(a stacking cable), and be treated as a single logical
> device that can be managed. said 3Com model does not have the appropriate physical
> outlets to do so. the back view only gives power supply sockets. it doesn't even
> have the usual transceiver port.
>
> the only "stackable" feature i see for this product is that it fits nicely into a
> rack with other SuperStack products piled one on top of the other. all SuperStack
> devices have the same chassis shape and really looks cool when rack mounted.
>
> i wouldn't recommend a 3Com SuperStack for an Office Environment setting. the cost
> is just way to much for the lack of features. the SuperStack series devices were
> made for each other, to be assembled in a rack and provide an ethernet distribution
> frame. bought and operated singly, it doesn't give you much for your money.
>
> other than SuperStack being not necessarily stackable, my experience with 3Com
> SuperStack devices is that the individual ports and their circuitry are not that
> resilient. slight surges in the network lines coming from transient sources would
> tend to render a port unusable. given the price per port ratio of 3Com products,
> it's quite unacceptable. i look at my 3 SuperStack switches right now, and it looks
> like a toothing kid's mouth. daming bungi. =) my stacked D-Link 1824s on the same
> network hasn't given me any problems.
>
> i think that's enough for the rant on 3Com.
>
> looking at that intel in-business hub, one can see the difference. 3Com is
> rack-mountable. this guy small, to be put on a desktop. it's 3Com equivalent is the
> OfficeConnect series, not the SuperStacks. tsk tsk tsk. these devices are
> physically stackable as well, but not logically.
>
> i cannot see anything that justifies the higher cost of that 3Com device. well,
> maybe the bigger, rack-mountable size. that intel device gives you a higher port
> density at 16 ports for the 12 ports at half the price. =) none are stackable
> logically. both are dual sensing 10/100s. your choice.
>
>
> vince.
>
> p.s.
> i hate 3Com's prices. even their dumbass devices(no SNMP) are priced almost twice
> as much as their competitors, and i can't see a single justifying thing.
>
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