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Linksys 48 Port Switch

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kevnich2

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Does anyone have any experience with this particular switch We have outgrown our 24 port switch and I'm looking for an average switch with about 4 gigabit uplink ports but it needs to be very reliable. I'm not a big fan of linksys, especially for business but if they've gotten better after the cisco aquisition, I'd be willing to consider them. Let me know your thoughts.

If anyone has any other recommendations for good, reliable switches (atleast 4 gigabit ports, I'm also willing to look at a solid 48 port gigabit switch also). Price needs to stay below about $700.
 
I'm not a big fan of the 24 port Linksys/Netgear/DLink stuff...

They just seem subpar to me, but I'm used to Cisco enterprise level stuff...
 
I've had bad experiences with linksys, none yet with dlink or netgear. It'll have to be either dlink, linksys, netgear or trendnet, cisco enterprise is WAY above of my budget level and I also think it's overkill for our environment here.
 
Originally posted by: kevnich2
I've had bad experiences with linksys, none yet with dlink or netgear. It'll have to be either dlink, linksys, netgear or trendnet, cisco enterprise is WAY above of my budget level and I also think it's overkill for our environment here.
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Four gigabit uplinks, very reliable, 48-ports, all at Linksys prices? No way.

If you are business level and you want the above you have to pay like a business.

Cisco 2960-48TT @ CDW
 
you might look at the Dell's, they arn't too bad, although don't get them as a managed switch, their CLI is craptastic at best, and lots of stuff just doesn't work right (I was trying to do a port monitor, and it showed up in the config, but just didn't monitor)
 
Let's do the math.

48 ports means you have probably at least 1000 bucks invested in each device attached to this switch.

That's 48,000 dollars.

Why would you limit your budget so much? That switch is the most important part of any network. Look to foundry, extreme, cisco. They are all competitively priced at under 100 bucks per port.
 
I don't need a managed switch at all so Dell should do it ok, I definately need 48 ports and I'd prefer gigabit all the way through it
 
Originally posted by: kevnich2
I don't need a managed switch at all so Dell should do it ok, I definately need 48 ports and I'd prefer gigabit all the way through it
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Here is the problem with that, unmanaged switches can't trunk ports. So your four svelte gigabit uplinks are pretty useless.

There is a whole plethora of reasons why for a network that size it's worth considering a managed switch.
 
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