Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 08:01:43 -0800 (PST) From: "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <ejs@bfd.com> To: Willem Jan Withagen <wjw@surf.iaehv.nl> Cc: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 10Mb/100Mb switches Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.961209075604.17554D-100000@harlie> In-Reply-To: <199612091414.PAA14847@surf.iaehv.nl>
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On Mon, 9 Dec 1996, Willem Jan Withagen wrote: > 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? We recently priced out a 10Mb switched hub for a network of about 22 computers, and the only hub even close to cost effective was the 3Com SuperStack II 1000, with 24 10Mb ports and one 100Mb port, all switched. There was only one other manufacturer that came close, because everyone else had low density switches, so we were going to have to string together 4-6 hubs to get enough ports. We have the switch now, but haven't set it up yet. Cost somewhere around $2900.
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