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Managed Switch?

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ncage

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Hey guys i'm looking for a ~20 managed gigabit switch. The main reason i'm wanting a managed switch is for VLAN support. Don't know what i'll do with the other goodies 🙂. The three switches i'm looking at now are:
Netgear JGS524E
DLink DGS-1210-28
HP V1910-24G

I remember looking into this awhile back and was looking at a dell switch but to connect the switch to a computer was a nightmare (a guy had to buy a bunch of connectors (Serial?)) and then you and to use a terminal based program (you just couldn't manage it from wan port). Anyways i want the management to be a little bit easier. It looks like both the DLink & HP have a web based management which would be excellent. it looks like the netgear you have the manage the switch through their software which i guess is ok but the other two have web interfaces.

I would "like" to have one feature that i think is only available in high end switchens. The ability to selectively route *some* traffic between vlans. Maybe thats only available in Layer 3 type switches?

Any help would be appreciated.
 
RadiclDreamer said:
I have to recommend against the cisco small business line. They run an IOS-ish OS that is very clunky to work with. Their web gui is awful as well.
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The web interface isn't *that* bad, it's still workable. They do run a dumbed down version of IOS though, so I guess i'm already used to them 😛
 
RadiclDreamer said:
I have to recommend against the cisco small business line. They run an IOS-ish OS that is very clunky to work with. Their web gui is awful as well.
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Interesting, most of the Cisco guys I know are suggesting them as fantastic end user switches, at least the 500 line and even do a pretty decent job running middle sized server rooms.
 
Its a hard choice. I've researched every one extensively and you will find both + and - for each. For example some people say the HP unit isn't really HP but rather 3Com. Even the interface says 3-com. There isn't a lot of extensive reviews for any of the units. So far i'm leaning toward the HP unit but we will see what happens
 
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