[CentOS] [OT] Network switches
Chan Chung Hang Christopher
christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk
Tue Mar 24 15:58:17 UTC 2009
> Tier 2 might have Dell Powerconnects and HP Procurves and Cisco 2000
> series products. These are good stable well performing products and
> are gobbled up in heaps by small and medium businesses. These are the
> usual choice for small enterprises and come in managed and unmanaged,
> layer 2 of layer 3, power over Ethernet of not or a combination of
> those.
>
You can add D-Link to Tier 2. Managed, some come with PoE ports, yada
yada. Heard of leaky HP switches? Double dealing D-Links? A long time
ago, yes.
> Tier 3 contain your Linksys, DLink and Zyxel brand products. They
> basically just get the job done, but might need reset every now and
> then and probably can't run more then 2 ports at a full 1GBe
> simultaneously. They are for home use and are prices as such. Some
> will be better then others and some might be very good, but they are
> not designed for business use and thus shouldn't be used as such.
>
You missed Surecom.
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