Re: Gigabit Switch for our Network?

From: Phillip Windell (_at_.)
Date: 06/21/04 

Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 09:16:45 -0500

Yea, HP does kill you on the add-on modules 

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Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com
"Jeff Cochran" <jeff.nospam@zina.com> wrote in message
news:40d7f9c9.871053058@msnews.microsoft.com...
> On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 07:16:11 -0700, Doc <pc-dc-doc@nospam.comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> >Anyone have any suggestions for a Gigabit non-managed 16 to 24 port
> >switch (not layer 3)...?
> >
> >IT will be going into our Netware / Win2K server network ...
> >Would like to stick with the "same" maker as the NICs we'll be buying
> >(of course that may be hard with the DELL switches, or even CISCO)
> >
> >Have been wondering about Zxyel, Netgear, SMC, 3COM, and DELL.
>
> I've been seriously looking at a Netgear switch.  The modules for our
> HP switches would get me at most two ports for the cost of the Netgear
> unit.  I'll be interested in anything others post on this as well.
>
> Jeff