[Asterisk-Users] cheap gig switch? smc, netgear, or 3com?

[Jared Watkins]

Brian Roy wrote:

>Bleh, what "group" said this? The 3Com group? Dell is the WalMart of
>the hardware world. Their pricing is better because they build
>efficiencies. I have 33XX 54XX and I just bought my first 6024 Layer 3
>QOS ready switch. These things are nothing but Ciscos in sheep's
>clothing. They have been rock solid for me and others that I know who
>use them.
>
>-Chuji
>  
>
I thought I'd chime in with my .02...   At my company we tried to use a 
few Dell 24 port GB switches...  within 6 months we had two of them die 
on us in ways that were hard to diagnose..  sfp ports would suddenly 
stop passing traffic but appear to be fine..  or they would fail 
completely but still be pingable.  Maybe this was just a problem with 
early versions... but we have gone back to all cisco gear.  Saving the 
money just wasn't worth the problems we experienced with dell switches.  
That said... some of our smaller offices use the lower end unmanaged 
models and they seem to be fine.  As best I can remember.. the ones we 
had fail were rebranded SMC gear?

Jared