[BlueOnyx:12434] Re: Upgrading Switch

[Roy Urick]

I just realized I need to clarify...

-You CAN get a warranty/support with Cisco, but for an additional annual 
fee. No free support/included hardware warranty.
-with the HP swap you get a box with the replacement gear next day, drop 
your dead gear in the box, and return it via prepaid shipping.



On 3/5/2013 10:27 PM, Roy Urick wrote:
> Managed switches are no slower or faster than a same class unmanaged
> switch... just manageable.
>
> There are three basic levels:
> Unmanaged switches: power them up, plug in your stuff and they just work.
> Web managed: you can assign an IP and use a browser to do stuff like
> force link speeds for devices that dont auto negotiate well, set a
> monitor/mirror port to be able to use a tool like wireshark to be able
> to diagnose network issues and see whats up.
> SNMP Managed: same as above except you can use even more advanced tools
> like Nagios, Cacti, solarwinds, etc to manage and monitor the device.
>
> My .02? stay away from Cisco. Are they good? yes. Stable? Usually.
> Expensive? HELL YES! Ive always had a beef with Cisco. You pay a premium
> for the name but get no warranty out of the box. after 90 days if it
> dies, they've never heard of you. C'mon Cisco, at least give 1 year
> depot service like the other 99% of the vendors. Instead I buy HP. I get
> generally the same quality and performance for 2/3 the cost. AND I get a
> lifetime warranty (on most of their gear). If I need more than free next
> day advanced replacement I can opt to pay for a service contract. Oh and
> its US based support, no nonsense. None of the jump through hoops, fax
> in a PoP, give them a CC#. You call, tell them whats up, and after
> troubleshooting a little and verifying the serial number is valid, you
> get a box the next day with a prepaid return label.
>
>
>
>
> On 3/5/2013 8:25 PM, Joseph Chambers wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm looking at updating my switch which you can see here: http://cl.ly/image/2y3R2y0U2T0b - that is a 100 base non managed 16 port switch which was cheap non brand I bought in a hurry. However; I have a opportunity to buy a Cisco Catalyst WSC2948G fairly cheap. Do you guys suggest that switch? Would I get better performance? What switch would you suggest that I could get under 200? Are managed switches slower then non managed? I know this has nothing to do with BlueOynx but I don't know who else to ask.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Joseph
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