help me decide wich managed switch to buy...

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help me decide wich managed switch to buy... belgarath 01-17-2007
Posted by belgarath on January 17, 2007, 7:37 am
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I'm looking to buy a managed switch for my network at home, what I
need is at least 16 ports, 19", and 802.1p.
4 systems will be attached to the server, 2 servers and 2 PC's (more
will be added later, hence the 16-ports).
I have been looking at 4 switches:
1) HP procurve 1800-24G
2) Netgear GS716t
3) 3Com 2816 sfp
4) Linksys SRW 2016

They all do what I want, except the Netgear only has 2 priority levels
and the manuals of the Procurve 1800 don't say how many priority levels
it supports.
All my other network hardware is from Netgear and I have only heard
less good things about the Linksys, but would like to hear your
opinions.

thnx, Belgarath


NMFall 20%
Posted by belgarath on January 21, 2007, 6:01 pm
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belgarath schreef:
> I'm looking to buy a managed switch for my network at home, what I
> need is at least 16 ports, 19", and 802.1p.
> 4 systems will be attached to the server, 2 servers and 2 PC's (more
> will be added later, hence the 16-ports).
> I have been looking at 4 switches:
> 1) HP procurve 1800-24G
> 2) Netgear GS716t
> 3) 3Com 2816 sfp
> 4) Linksys SRW 2016
>
> They all do what I want, except the Netgear only has 2 priority levels
> and the manuals of the Procurve 1800 don't say how many priority levels
> it supports.
> All my other network hardware is from Netgear and I have only heard
> less good things about the Linksys, but would like to hear your
> opinions.
>
> thnx, Belgarath

No-one can give me any advice here?

Belgarath


Posted by anoop on January 22, 2007, 1:23 am
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belgarath wrote:
> belgarath schreef:
> > and the manuals of the Procurve 1800 don't say how many priority levels
> > it supports.
>
> No-one can give me any advice here?

According to:
http://www.hp.com/rnd/support/faqs/1800.htm#question15

Q: How many queues are supported by the ProCurve Switch 1800 series?
The ProCurve Switch 1800 series supports 4 queues per port.

Q: How are the 802.1p priorities mapped to the queues for the ProCurve
Switch 1800 series?
The ProCurve Switch 1800 series 802.1p priorities are mapped as shown
in the following table.
Port Queue and 802.1p Priority Values Priority for Exiting From the
Port
Low (1 - 2) - Fourth
Normal (0, 3) - Third
Medium (4 - 5) - Second
High (6 - 7) - First

I believe they also come with a lifetime warranty:
http://www.hp.com/rnd/support/warranty/.

Anoop


Posted by Denis Jedig on January 22, 2007, 3:05 am
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On 21 Jan 2007 15:01:09 -0800 belgarath wrote:

> No-one can give me any advice here?

What kind of advice do you expect? There is plenty of the cheap
smart-switch half-managed crap on the market for about 150$. They all *do*
switch and they all *do* all their ports working. And yes, they even *do*
have VLAN tagging and basic management functionality. Since it's a home
installation and it's not going to be mission-critical just stick with the
standard masculine logic and take the one with the nicest tits.

--
Denis Jedig
syneticon networks GbR http://syneticon.net/service/

Posted by mike on January 22, 2007, 11:48 am
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Good advice! I would certainly recall it when building my home network!

> On 21 Jan 2007 15:01:09 -0800 belgarath wrote:
>
>> No-one can give me any advice here?
>
> What kind of advice do you expect? There is plenty of the cheap
> smart-switch half-managed crap on the market for about 150$. They all *do*
> switch and they all *do* all their ports working. And yes, they even *do*
> have VLAN tagging and basic management functionality. Since it's a home
> installation and it's not going to be mission-critical just stick with the
> standard masculine logic and take the one with the nicest tits.
>
> --
> Denis Jedig
> syneticon networks GbR http://syneticon.net/service/



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