On the cisco catalyst you also pay for management (i.e. support for telnet, snmp, cdp, trunking(vlans), etc. protocols) capabilities and support for multiple enterprise LANs.
-mtm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Corey Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "BYU Unix Users Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 11:10 AM Subject: Re: [uug] a switch by any other name > On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 09:35, Michael Ryan Byrd wrote: > > What is the difference between an EtherFast 4124 24-Port 10/100 Ethernet Switch > > for $129.00 and $1825.00 Cisco catalyst 3524 xl ent ed feth 24 ports stackable > > switch? > > Well, for one, the Catalyst has two integrated gigabit ports. Plus you > pay a lot for the Cisco name. Whether that's justified or not, is up to > you. We picked up a CNet Powerswitch 2402g[1] for ~$400 (I didn't cut > the check). It's 24 port with 2 gigabit and a serial console. Works > great. > > Corey > > 1. http://www.cnet.com.tw/product/sh2400d.html > > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
