Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 12:38:04 -0600 (CST) From: "S(pork)" <spork@super-g.com> To: Willem Jan Withagen <wjw@surf.iaehv.nl> Cc: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 10Mb/100Mb switches Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.92.961209123302.2127B-100000@super-g.inch.com> In-Reply-To: <199612091414.PAA14847@surf.iaehv.nl>
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Hi, We currently have two different switches in use, and neither is a 3Com (I was disappointed to see that for that much money there WERE 24 ports, but only SIX segments...). One relatively new one is the BayStack 301 Workgroup switch. At about $2800 for 24 ports (2 10/100) it's a bit pricey, but it has full inbound filtering rules that allow for some pretty neat things. We've had an HP AdvanceStack Switch100 up for some time now, and it's relatively simple (no filtering rules) but it does have 16 distinct segments which has been enough for us so far. It's really helped breathe new life into our lan. We caught this one for about $1800 after much searching. Both are SNMP-able, the HP does telnet as well; the Bay comes with Windoze SW that's OK but not perfect... Charles On Mon, 9 Dec 1996, Willem Jan Withagen wrote: > Hi, > > Sofar we've been able to mange everything on Thinnet and simple UTP/10Mb. > > BUT the days have come that certain parts of the network could do with > either 10Mb or 100Mb switched. Now one more problem is that we're a > FreeBSD (and Win'95 for personal use) only shop. > > So I have two decissions to make: (or are there more open ends?) > 1) What brand of switches should I use? > 1a) Which switches should I avoid? > 2) Do I need a SNMP managment system (other than the FreeBSD-CMU stuff) > 2a) What packages would you advice? > > Thanx, > Willem Jan Withagen > > -- > Internet Access Eindhoven BV., voice: +31-40-2438330, data: +31-40-2439436 > P.O. 928, 5600 AX Eindhoven, The Netherlands > Full Internet connectivity for only fl 12.95 a month. > Call now, and login as 'new'. >
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