Monday, March 8, 2010

Re: switch options

Are your switches managed? Do you have VLANS? If your switches are
unmanaged or you don't have any VLANs, then it does not really matter what
brand of switches you have.

Brian Lee
Manlius Pebble Hill School

> From: Carl Campion <ccampion@mac.com>
> Reply-To: A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 08:16:59 -0500
> To: <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> Subject: switch options
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> Hello list.
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> I have a network question.
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> We need to update some of our network switches. At the core of our
> network we have Summit Extreme switches as well as Cisco. The question
> is what to use at edges of the network: Extreme, Netgear, or possibly
> HP Procurve(3 Com) ? There seems to be at least two schools of
> thought: keep it all one brand(Summit) for ease of management and the
> lifetime warranty. The other advice I have received is to "go cheaper"
> at the edge.
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> I would appreciate any input.
>
> thanks
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> Carl Campion
> Director of Technology
> Archmere Academy
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