[luau] Network switch

[Warren Togami]

On Thu, 2003-04-24 at 11:05, MonMotha wrote:
> Nakashima wrote:
> > What brand of switch does HOSEF recommend for LTSP implementation?
> > Is there a significant difference between brands?
> > ~Peter
> 
> Not speaking for HOSEF, I can heartily reccomend the 3Com SuperStack series if 
> you want a larger, managed switch.  They are significantly cheaper than 
> comparable Cisco products, and come with most of the features you'd need for a 
> smaller (non-corporate) installation.
> 
> I personally have a SuperStack II 3300 (24 ports) at home, and I love it.  I can 
> easily move 16MB/sec (full duplex, 100Mbit, one comp with a good NIC talking to 
> two comps with crummy NICs) over a single port on it.  It's been very reliable, 
> despite the partial failure of one fan.
> 
> --MonMotha

If you have the ports going to multiple rooms a managed switch like this
would probably be good.  Otherwise cheaper unmanaged switches from
brands like SMC are incredibly cheap and seems to be reliable.

The only warning I have is avoid "CompUSA" brand switches, and
immediately after buying switches you should do high bandwidth tests on
it using several ports simultaneously.  At the CompUSA demo day October
2002 we had bought a cheap CompUSA switch from the store in order to
connect our test lab.  It turned out to be a disaster until we replaced
it with a non-broken switch, so it was promptly returned as defective.

Warren