From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Oct 2 6:57: 2 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B6E937B401 for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 06:57:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.sandvine.com (sandvine.com [199.243.201.138]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC9CA43E6A for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 06:56:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from don@sandvine.com) Received: by mail.sandvine.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 09:56:59 -0400 Message-ID: From: Don Bowman To: 'Ralph Forsythe' , freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: RE: HP 4000M switch question Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 09:56:58 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > -----Original Message----- > From: Ralph Forsythe [mailto:rforsythe@centerone.com] > Sent: October 1, 2002 21:51 > To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org > Subject: HP 4000M switch question > > > I'm currently in the market for a switch, minimum 24 ports. > Based on the > features I need, the Cisco 2924XL seemed like a good choice, plus I'm > familiar withalmost all Cisco gear. However recent searches > on eBay have > turned up HP ProCurve 4000M switches ready to go with 40 > ports for around > $4-500, which is of course quite cheap for the port density I > get out of it. > We use them extensively, have for 5 years, probably have 30 of them. We used to use them in a multicast MPEG-2 video application, ~2Gbps of bandwidth. Have found them to be very reliable and easy to manage. Yes they support a 'span' (a monitoring port), which can be joined to any one port on the switch. They support only 32 VLANs (any vlan numbers, but only 32 at a time). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message