[asterisk-biz] OT--Cisco Hardware

[Eric "ManxPower" Wieling]

My customers on a budget have been getting Cisco Catalyst 55xx switches. 
  You have to be careful what modules you get.  They are cheap enough to 
always have a spare (and these things don't usually break).

Steve Totaro wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Alex Balashov <abalashov at evaristesys.com 
> <mailto:abalashov at evaristesys.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Many.  But I'd try www.isptrader.com <http://www.isptrader.com> first.
> 
> 
>     Igor Hernandez wrote:
> 
>      > Thanks for the heads up Alex. Do you have any places you could
>     recommend?
>      >
>      > Alex Balashov wrote:
>      >> You can find a 2900-series Catalyst (24-port 100 Base-T) on eBay or
>      >> through some aftermarket sellers for $100-$150 at most.  I got
>     mine for $40.
>      >>
>      >> Just bear in mind that the WC2924s don't support VLAN tags
>     higher than
>      >> 1005.  You need a 2950 to do the full 4096.
>      >>
>      >> Igor Hernandez wrote:
>      >>
>      >>> Hey Steve,
>      >>>
>      >>> Haven't really looked around yet so don't have anything specific in
>      >>> mind. Something with 8-12 ports, rack-mountable and robust.
>     Probably not
>      >>> looking to spend more than $500-600 on it.
>      >>>
>      >>
>      >
> 
> 
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>     Alex Balashov
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> 
> I have become a big fan of Dell PowerConnect switches.  At one point in 
> time, I would have laughed at anyone suggesting a Dell switch, but now I 
> actually suggest and deploy them, unless I am working in an all Cisco 
> shop and they insist.
> 
> These are the two I use the most
> http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/pwcnt_2724?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd 
> <http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/pwcnt_2724?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd>
> http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/pwcnt_2748?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd 
> <http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/pwcnt_2748?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd>
> 
> They can run in managed mode or simple (dumb) mode but you get all 
> gigabit and two fiber gigabit ports as well.  The specs kick butt for 
> the price.  No used Ebay stuff, new, full warranty, and I have had zero 
> issues with any that I have deployed.
> 
> If you want to go higher end,
> http://www.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/data_center_gig?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd 
> <http://www.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/data_center_gig?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd>
> http://www.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/poe?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd 
> <http://www.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/poe?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd>
> 
> The pricing is still great for a new high end switch that is just as 
> feature rich, if not more, and easier to configure for non Cisco IOS people.
> 
> -- 
> Thanks,
> Steve Totaro
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