From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Jul 13 20:34:27 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (mail.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72AF537B8B4 for ; Thu, 13 Jul 2000 20:34:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Received: from mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (cdillon@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.1]) by mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA16888; Thu, 13 Jul 2000 22:34:08 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 22:34:08 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon To: Jose Gabriel Marcelino Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Gigabit recommendations In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Jose Gabriel Marcelino wrote: > My main doubt in on the switch side, I'm tempted to go for the 3Com > SuperStack II 3900 which I can get for around US$2.400 here for the 24 > port version. > > The 3800 is also tempting with it's layer 3 switching but at US$6.330 a > piece it's a bit of overkill and overbudget for my company. > > Note I only mentioned 3Com here, these are the only ones I could get some > info on. I'd be very happy to know other good, trustworthy brands you are > using (I think Cisco may be very expensive but I haven't found the correct > model yet...) The 3COM switches are all over-priced CRAP. Go with Cisco or HP ProCurve, which should cost the same or less, respectively, and offer better performance and features. I'm speaking entirely from experience. :-) I've also heard very good things about Extreme Networks and Foundry Networks switches, but I have no personal experience with them. -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For Intel x86 and Alpha architectures. ( http://www.freebsd.org ) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message