[luau] Network switch

[Jaymes Schooler]

Never had a problem with Netgear....as far as unmanaged switches go...We
employ them just about everywhere except at the main office where we use
3com superstacks

-----Original Message-----
From: luau-admin at videl.ics.hawaii.edu
[mailto:luau-admin at videl.ics.hawaii.edu]On Behalf Of Warren Togami
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 11:49 AM
To: luau at videl.ics.hawaii.edu
Subject: Re: [luau] Network switch


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


_______________________________________________
LUAU mailing list
LUAU at videl.ics.hawaii.edu
http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau