>> Barring that I've had good luck with Linksys over the years. We just >> recently installed a 48port gigabit switch in the office that set us >> back around $900. Equivalent Procurve was priced at around $3000. >> > > ??? > > For $3000 I can get PoE+, 48 port gigabit + two expansion slots (empty), > vlan, QoS, routing, yada, yada. > > What are you getting for your Linksys? Model? Linksys SLM2048 SMB Smart switch. 48port gigabit + 2 SFP slots, VLAN, QoS, etc. I have to make a slight correction to my price. The equivalent Procurve we could find was the 2510G-48 which was quoted at around $1800. The $3000 I mixed up was for a Cisco managed switch. It's been one of those days. ;) -- Drew "Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." --Marie Curie