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Posted by Gary on October 14, 2006, 3:44 pm
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> wrote:
>>I can buy a linksys GIG Switch for about $400 while the same port density
>>on
>>a Cisco costs $3000
>
>>If I do not need any of the bells and whistles like VLAN's/QoS etc. can I
>>assume the Linksys will perform at the same speeds and performance.
>
> No, that's not a good assumption at all; it would be false for most
> inexpensive gigabit switches. And unfortunately it is often quite
> difficult to find independant reviews that aren't just a rewriting
> of the advertising brochure.
>
> Someone did point out an inexpensive linksys to me recently, for which
> I -was- able to find a positive independant review; it was the SD2008
> (a design from a couple of years ago), and the review is at
> http://soltesz.net/sd2008/part3.html
> It's pretty good considering the price, but it does *not* get
> gigabit at minimum packet size (which is what Cisco measures),
> and the latency creeps up with packet size. The SD2008 is completely
> unmanaged. I found a number of reviews that says that the fan on it
> is quite noisy and that it runs hot; one review said it ran quiet and
> cool, so it is possible they changed the fan design along the way.
>
Trying to find reviews of the SR2024 and tech sheet but there is precious
little. Blurb says:
The 24-Port 10/100/1000 Gigabit Switch provides non-blocking, wire speed
switching
Price comarison is $400 v's $Loads for anything Gig from Cisco.
Gary
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