Managed Switch Setup

[theevilsharpie]

Count me in as another vote for the ProCurve 2510G-48. I've used various types of ProCurve gear in over a dozen installs, and I've never been disappointed.

Edit: A Catalyst 2960G-48TC-L is more than twice as expensive as a ProCurve 2510G-48. Cisco is funny :awe:

 

[Cable God]

Juniper EX3200-48T is in the ~$1800 price range and will do all you want and more. Plus, it runs Junos....

 

[Emulex]

yeah just make sure you take into consideration any support packs as part of pricing. advanced ship overnight replacement - yadda -

2510G-48 runs ios-like for telnet/ssh, has a nice java based web interface for those who don't like sho int stylee. smnp/etc.

here's one thing i'll tell you - make sure if you go gigabit that your entire platform is gigabit. you get weird nagle issues when you go 1000 to 100(or 10) under certain circumstances makes a slower than 100 rate choppy flow pattern. do not use flow control as one receiver could choke a server from everyone.