If you are going to VLANs, perhaps you would want to consider Layer 3 switching for inter-VLAN traffic. This will give you some additional security by providing access lists defining who can initiate sessions to what VLAN, and whatnot. If you don't expect much growth, perhaps a Catalyst 4006 would do the trick. There is a layer 3 blade for that and with the Supervisor 3 engine, there is somewhere around a 54Gbps backplane. You can put 192 ports per chassis with the supervisor and the layer 3 blade. If you need more ports than the 4000 offers, just add 3524's, 3548's stacked through the GBICs off the Supervisor blade, or consider the 6000 series. The other thing that makes the 4000 nice is if you have 10/100/1000 cards, you can put blades in to support that (makes it nice for servers, graphics departments, etc).
The problem with the 2900 series is the backplane. If you don't have the budget for the 4006, the 3500 would be a better solution to the 2900, since it has a better switching fabric and the 3524 can come with inline power for wireless stuff and phones. . . My $.02 Thanks and have a great day, Trevor Williams Sr. Design Engineer The TechKnowledgy Center 5200 E. Cortland Blvd Suite A-15 Flagstaff, AZ 86004 PH: (928) 779-9700 x:212 FAX: (928) 779-6223 CELL: (928) 699-6224 TEXT MSG: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.techknowledgy.com "A problem clearly stated, is a problem half solved" Charles Kettering -----Original Message----- From: Munkhbayar.B [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 7:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Best VLAN supporting Switch Hi all We are going to deploy VLAN on 10/100 LAN and about 200 users. Our consideration is security. We are now focusing on Cisco Catalyst 2900 XL. Is it good choice? Or? What is your recommended Brand and Model.
