[ale] OT - Best newtork switches...

[matty91 at bellsouth.net]

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Keith Morris wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I just needed a quick bit of advice and couldn't think of a better group
> of people to ask.
>
> I am needing to purchase a 48 port 100 base network switch that has
> high-speed stacking ports for future growth. I am supporting a group of
> designers and developers who use quite a bit of bandwidth and our
> current generic 100 base switches uplinked are showing their throughput
> weaknesses.
>
> I was wondering if anyone would be willing to share opinions/experiences
> with different switches and offer recommendations on what to buy. I'm
> wanting to stay in roughly the $1000-$1500 range so Foundry "BigIron" is
> a little out of the questions.

You could pick up a couple of Cisco 2948s on eBay pretty cheaply. I have
deployed dozens of them in the past. They are extensible and reliable as
can be.

>
> Thanks in advance for any any information you could offer.
>
> Keith Morris
> Creative Director
> Design / Effects
> IQ television group
> http://www.iqtv.com
>
>
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