[Asterisk-Users] LAN Switch w/ QoS

Rich Adamson radamson at routers.com
Mon Jul 19 04:44:10 MST 2004


> >> Does anyone have a recommendation for a 48 port LAN switch for a new *
> >> system?  I'm not happy with NetGear's reliability.
> >
> > You can get Cisco 2950s for about $600/24 ports.
> 
> And 48 ports from Dell for about the same price.  I haven't used any of 
> their latest round of switches, but their older ones were decent for 
> the price.  Cisco's switches are almost certainly better-made, but 
> Dell's not *usually* that bad.

I'd stay away from the Dell switches. Some models have serious issues
that Dell says will never be fixed. (eg, they auto reboot if hit with
some common html hijacking code, bad snmp request, etc, etc.)






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