RE: Switch opinions

2010-09-22 Thread Evan Brastow
nicWALL. I think I'm up to about $5000 in consulting fees trying to solve this issue :) Fun, fun! Thanks again, Evan From: pdw1...@hotmail.com [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 8:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch opinions Aaron, I just

RE: Switch opinions

2010-09-20 Thread pdw1914
and a flame war. From: arohy...@dpsciences.com To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:56:14 -0400 Subject: RE: RE: Switch opinions OK… I’m done arguing this with you guys… it’s obvious that this conversation/debate isn’t going to go anywhere, and I’m o

RE: Switch opinions

2010-09-17 Thread pdw1914
You know, that's a good STFU line even if you're not talking about switches. > Subject: RE: RE: Switch opinions > Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:04:37 -0400 > From: scaes...@caesare.com > To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com > > Plug one end of your Ethernet cable

Re: RE: Switch opinions

2010-09-17 Thread William Robbins
these >>>> two switches requires a baseline for comparison. To some, Cisco’s “cheap” >>>> in terms of what you get for the cost. To others they’re ungodly >>>> expensive, >>>> but those “others” typically aren’t concern

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2010-09-17 Thread Steven M. Caesare
.@gmail.com] > > Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 7:21 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: RE: Switch opinions > > > > Cisco switches are web scale... > > > > -Jeff > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Andrew S. Bak

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2010-09-17 Thread Jonathan Link
t; *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: RE: Switch opinions > > > > Careful, that sounds like routing to me. > > On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Charlie Kaiser < > charl...@golden-eagle.org> wrote: > > But can they pipe packets to dev null? > > **

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2010-09-17 Thread Kelsey, John
You guys have WAY too much time on your hands J From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 10:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: RE: Switch opinions Careful, that sounds like routing to me. On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Charlie

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2010-09-17 Thread Jonathan Link
---Original Message- > > From: Jeff Steward [mailto:jstew...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 7:21 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: RE: Switch opinions > > > > Cisco switches are web scale... > > >

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2010-09-17 Thread Charlie Kaiser
Admin Issues > Subject: Re: RE: Switch opinions > > Cisco switches are web scale... > > -Jeff > > > On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Andrew S. Baker wrote: > > > ROFL! I can see it now. > > ASB > > > On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 8

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2010-09-17 Thread Jeff Steward
animated movie... >> >> -sc >> >> >> > -Original Message- >> > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] >> > Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 8:55 AM >> > To: NT System Admin Issues >> > Subject: Re: RE: Switch opinions >> > >

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2010-09-17 Thread Andrew S. Baker
tember 17, 2010 8:55 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: RE: Switch opinions > > > > On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Steven M. Caesare > > > wrote: > > >> How is this not relevant? If HP truly makes a "better" switch for > >

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2010-09-17 Thread Andrew S. Baker
LOL *ASB* * * On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 8:54 AM, Ben Scott wrote: > On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Steven M. Caesare > wrote: > >> How is this not relevant? If HP truly makes a “better” switch for the > >> money, and their support is better… then why aren’t they the market > leader? > > > > Th

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2010-09-17 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Steven M. Caesare wrote: >> How is this not relevant?  If HP truly makes a “better” switch for the >> money, and their support is better… then why aren’t they the market leader? > > This is a flawed argument. See: “McDonalds hamburger sales vs. quality”. McDonal

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2010-09-17 Thread Steven M. Caesare
It may be time to make a Cisco vs. HP animated movie... -sc > -Original Message- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 8:55 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: RE: Switch opinions > > On Fri, Sep 17, 2010

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2010-09-17 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Steven M. Caesare wrote: >> How is this not relevant?  If HP truly makes a “better” switch for the >> money, and their support is better… then why aren’t they the market leader? > > This is a flawed argument. See: “McDonalds hamburger sales vs. quality”. McDonal

Re: Switch opinions

2010-09-17 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 2:41 AM, Rohyans, Aaron wrote: > As compared to HP’s “Clustering” which allows you to manage a stack of up > to 16 switches via one IP address *individually* through the master switch > (which is manually elected). HP's current stuff (going back at least to 2005) is call

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2010-09-16 Thread Steven M. Caesare
com] Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 4:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch opinions I think you're missing my point here... though I may not be clear enough. My point is one of support value, rather than support cost. Is HP cheaper than Cisco when it comes to support? ...

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2010-09-16 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 11:01 PM, Rohyans, Aaron wrote: >>> the odds of their gear failing like this are slim >>> unless due to a defect in production… >> >> …If Cisco knows that, why does Cisco exclude fans and power supplies >> from their warranty? > > Because it unnecessarily costs them money i

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2010-09-16 Thread Don Ely
>>> >>> HP is probably lower in overall device failures… but they have less than >>> 20% of the switching market share. Compared to Cisco’s 70%, that would make >>> sense. *I’m not arguing the “quality” of HP/Cisco switches here*. >>> You’re rig

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2010-09-16 Thread William Robbins
gt;> 20% of the switching market share. Compared to Cisco’s 70%, that would make >> sense. *I’m not arguing the “quality” of HP/Cisco switches here*. >> You’re right, both are rock solid! >> >> >> >> >> >> Aaron T. Rohyans >> Senior Netwo

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2010-09-16 Thread Rohyans, Aaron
one when yours didn't work? Aaron T. Rohyans Senior Network Engineer CCIE #21945 DPSciences Corporation 7400 N. Shadeland Ave., Suite 245 Indianapolis, IN 46250 Office: (317) 348-0099 Fax: (317) 849-7134 arohy...@dpsciences.com http://www.dpsciences.com/ "I want an A

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2010-09-16 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Anti-Virus system that sends Arnold back in time to kill the > hacker as a small child before he invents the virus..."* > > *"There are 10 kinds of people in this world... those who can read binary, > and those who can't"*** > > > > *From:* Andrew S

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2010-09-16 Thread Rohyans, Aaron
;t" From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 5:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: RE: Switch opinions Three points: - Please substantiate your allegation that HP support for networking is somehow inferior because you're not paying for

Re: Switch opinions

2010-09-16 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Rohyans, Aaron wrote: > I think you’re missing my point here… though I may not be clear enough.  My > point is one of support value, rather than support cost. I think that's the same argument the HP fans have been making: Cisco charges considerably more money, b

Re: Switch opinions

2010-09-16 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Rohyans, Aaron wrote: > In 15 years of working with this stuff, I can count on one hand how many fan > failures I’ve had in Cisco gear… Well, from what you say, you change out your gear relatively often, since that's part of your "technology and depreciation cyc

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2010-09-16 Thread Don Ely
Cisco’s 70%, that would make > sense. *I’m not arguing the “quality” of HP/Cisco switches here*. You’re > right, both are rock solid! > > > > > > Aaron T. Rohyans > Senior Network Engineer > > CCIE #21945 > > DPSciences Corporation > 7400 N. Shadeland...

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2010-09-16 Thread Andrew S. Baker
id! Aaron T. Rohyans Senior Network Engineer CCIE #21945 DPSciences Corporation 7400 N. Shadeland... *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, September 16, 2010 4:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Switch opinions >>It’s a lame attempt to a

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2010-09-16 Thread Rohyans, Aaron
invents the virus..." "There are 10 kinds of people in this world... those who can read binary, and those who can't" From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 4:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Switch opinions >>

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2010-09-16 Thread Andrew S. Baker
Engineer* > > *CCIE #21945*** > > *DPSciences Corporation > *7400 N. Shadeland Ave., Suite 245 > > Indianapolis, IN 46250 > Office: (317) 348-0099 > Fax: (317) 849-7134 > *arohy...@dpsciences.com > *http://www.dpsciences.com/ > > *"I want an Anti-Viru

RE: Switch opinions

2010-09-16 Thread Rohyans, Aaron
stem that sends Arnold back in time to kill the hacker as a small child before he invents the virus..." "There are 10 kinds of people in this world... those who can read binary, and those who can't" From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 16,

Re: Switch opinions

2010-09-16 Thread Richard Stovall
+∞ On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Jonathan Link wrote: > Err... should've been more precise. I'll try again > > On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Jonathan Link wrote: > >> >> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Ben Scott wrote: >> >>> >>> Until recently, the *entire* ProCurve warranty statemen

Re: Switch opinions

2010-09-16 Thread Jonathan Link
Err... should've been more precise. I'll try again On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Jonathan Link wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Ben Scott wrote: > >> >> Until recently, the *entire* ProCurve warranty statement was >> (paraphrased), "HP guarantees the product against defects in

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2010-09-16 Thread Jonathan Link
Or even divisions of HP... On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Ben Scott wrote: > On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Rohyans, Aaron > wrote: > > Cisco doesn’t offer power supply or fan replacements in their > > warranty… All HP is doing here is offering free brakes/tires with every > car > > purcha

Re: Switch opinions

2010-09-16 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Rohyans, Aaron wrote: > Cisco doesn’t offer power supply or fan replacements in their > warranty… All HP is doing here is offering free brakes/tires with every car > purchased… big deal.  How many are we anticipating on replacing?  And in the > grand scheme of thin

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2010-09-15 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
for a few days. Jonathan L. Raper, MCSE Thumb-typed from my HTC Incredible (and yes, it really is) Droid. Please excuse brevity & any misspellings. - Reply message - From: "Evan Brastow" Date: Wed, Sep 15, 2010 7:06 am Subject: Switch opinions To: "NT System Admin Issues&quo

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2010-09-15 Thread Evan Brastow
Well, the one little issue is that the cabling was put in in 1995 and is Cat 5, not Car 5e :( -Original Message- From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 5:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch opinions AS much as I

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2010-09-15 Thread Evan Brastow
n answering. Evan From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 6:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Switch opinions Why not contact HP support? Seems like a configuration issue. And if the consultant doesn't know what to look for, the beh

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2010-09-15 Thread Andrew S. Baker
ace because once we put the SonicWALL in with > the HP switch, all heck breaks loose. > > > > Again, thanks for your opinions :) > > > > Evan > > > > *From:* Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 14, 2010 2:40 PM > *To:*

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2010-09-14 Thread Rohyans, Aaron
re he invents the virus..." "There are 10 kinds of people in this world... those who can read binary, and those who can't" From: Weatherford, Chad [mailto:cweatherf...@scvl.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 3:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch opinions L

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2010-09-14 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
jra...@eaglemds.com www.eaglemds.com -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 4:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch opinions Have you called HP to ask them if they can help? If it's their switch, I'm

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2010-09-14 Thread Matthew W. Ross
:00:36 -0700 Subject: RE: Switch opinions > Hi guys, > > Thanks to everyone for their opinions. I really appreciate it. > > The switch will handle VoIP traffic - we currently have an Allworx system, > but the voice quality is fairly poor. We're thinking of separating out the

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2010-09-14 Thread Weatherford, Chad
ailto:%20jra...@eaglemds.com> www.eaglemds.com http://www.eaglemds.com/> From: Rohyans, Aaron [mailto:arohy...@dpsciences.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 2:57 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch opinions If I'm not mistaken, a lo

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2010-09-14 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
/www.eaglemds.com/> From: Rohyans, Aaron [mailto:arohy...@dpsciences.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 2:57 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch opinions If I'm not mistaken, a lot of Cisco's switches now come with a limited/enhanced lifeti

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2010-09-14 Thread Steven Peck
; put the Netscreen back in place because once we put the SonicWALL in with > the HP switch, all heck breaks loose. > > > > Again, thanks for your opinions :) > > > > Evan > > > > *From:* Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, Se

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2010-09-14 Thread Evan Brastow
NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch opinions It is going to be interesting to see how the whole Cisco/HP Networking/Server thing is going to pan out ultimately. My understanding was that HP & Cisco had kind of a friendly agreement to stay out of each others' spaces for a while

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2010-09-14 Thread Rohyans, Aaron
September 14, 2010 2:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch opinions It is going to be interesting to see how the whole Cisco/HP Networking/Server thing is going to pan out ultimately. My understanding was that HP & Cisco had kind of a friendly agreement to stay out of each oth

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2010-09-14 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
www.eaglemds.com/> From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 2:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch opinions +1 Both our old 3500-series Cisco and our current 3750 series are, unless you know

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2010-09-14 Thread pdw1914
e' since all my experience has been with Cisco. To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Switch opinions From: richardmccl...@aspca.org Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:28:55 -0500 +1 Both our old 3500-series Cisco and our current 3750 series are, unless you know the CIOS CLI s

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2010-09-14 Thread RichardMcClary
se VoIP product do you > use or think will you use?) > > Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE > Technology Coordinator > Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA > jra...@eaglemds.com > www.eaglemds.com > > From: Evan Brastow [mailto:ebras...@automatedemblem.com] > Se

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2010-09-14 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
lemds.com> www.eaglemds.comhttp://www.eaglemds.com/> From: Jeff Steward [mailto:jstew...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 2:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Switch opinions Lifetime Warranty - I still have a ProCurve 4000M humming along nicel

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2010-09-14 Thread Kim Longenbaugh
experience is that you get way more bang for the buck with the Avaya (formerly Nortel) gear. From: Evan Brastow [mailto:ebras...@automatedemblem.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 12:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Switch opinions Hi guys, I'm looking at replacing my HP Pro

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2010-09-14 Thread Raper, Jonathan - Eagle
Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA jra...@eaglemds.commailto:%20jra...@eaglemds.com> www.eaglemds.comhttp://www.eaglemds.com/> From: Evan Brastow [mailto:ebras...@automatedemblem.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 1:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subje

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2010-09-14 Thread Steve Ens
I have two of those (one I picked up on Ebay for parts) and they run forever... On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Jeff Steward wrote: > Lifetime Warranty - I still have a ProCurve 4000M humming along nicely. A > fan dies about every 5 years and they send me a new one. > > -Jeff Steward > > > On

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2010-09-14 Thread Jeff Steward
Lifetime Warranty - I still have a ProCurve 4000M humming along nicely. A fan dies about every 5 years and they send me a new one. -Jeff Steward On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Steve Ens wrote: > Procurves rock...just picked up a 2910-48awesome performance. > > > On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 1

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2010-09-14 Thread Steve Ens
Procurves rock...just picked up a 2910-48awesome performance. On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Evan Brastow wrote: > Hi guys, > > > > I'm looking at replacing my HP ProCurve switch and am looking at a Cisco > Catalyst 2960S-48TS-S 48 port managed switch. Anyone have any experience > with t

Switch opinions

2010-09-14 Thread Evan Brastow
Hi guys, I'm looking at replacing my HP ProCurve switch and am looking at a Cisco Catalyst 2960S-48TS-S 48 port managed switch. Anyone have any experience with this switch or this family of switches? Obviously Cisco is a pretty good name, but it's been a while since I've bought anything of thei