Re: Looking for switch recommendations ...

From: Steven Stremciuc (steve_at_freeslacker.net)
Date: 03/29/04

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    Has anyone tested port mirroring on these switches (2524) and run into
    any problems? Many people seem to recommend these ProCurve switches here
    and so far they seem like a great buy (only one I saw that cheap that
    does 802.1x). I'm also looking for a managed switch (probably something
    off ebay) and would like to find something that does port mirroring
    nicely as I'd like to play with that in the future. I saw Dell's
    Powerconnect 3348 has some problems with port mirroring and am trying to
    avoid getting a switch where the feature is listed as supported but
    doesn't work as expected.

    Info about the 3348's problems:
    http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=pc_managed&message.id=1425

    Steve Stremciuc

    Gunnarsson, Mikael wrote:

    >You don't mention if you need gigabit speeds on all ports, so I'll assume you don't.
    >
    >The HP ProCurve 2524 (or 2512 if you really only want 12 ports, but the price difference is minimal) is a very nice and stable switch. We have about 95-100 2524 switches on the access level here, and I am yet to experience a fault that originated in the actual switch. It has 24 (or 12) 10/100 ports and two module slots for gigabit links. It's manageable via serial console, telnet, web or snmp (and rmon too, I think) and has all the bells and whistles you expect from a manageble switch (plenty of monitoring, spanning tree, vlan support, etc..)
    >
    >They're rather cheap nowadays, over here they go for 3500 SEK (approx. $450) .. It's one of HP's big sellers, so they have dropped quite a lot in price lately.
    >
    >
    >
    >Mvh
    >Mikael Gunnarsson
    >Octapharma AB / IT
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >>-----Original Message-----
    >>From: owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org
    >>[mailto:owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Marc G. Fournier
    >>Sent: den 26 mars 2004 17:05
    >>To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org
    >>Subject: Looking for switch recommendations ...
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>I'm looking at replacing my el'cheapo switch with something
    >>better that
    >>will allow me to fix my issues with the em/full-duplex problem ...
    >>
    >>I'm looking for ssomething managed, as well as SNMP aware so
    >>that I can
    >>tie it into Zabbix for monitoring ... something 8 or 12 port
    >>preferred.
    >>
    >>Cisco, of course, is always a big name ... but also expensive ... oen
    >>recommendation is the xl 1900, but I can't find any specs on her at
    >>cisco's site, so discontinued product?
    >>
    >>What about Netgear, which I have easy access to? Or Alcatel?
    >>
    >>models to stay away from?
    >>
    >>Thanks ...
    >>
    >>----
    >>Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services
    >>
    >>
    >(http://www.hub.org)
    >Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664
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