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    Best 24-port Managed Switch?

    What are your recommendations for an affordable, rock solid reliable 24-port managed switch (1Gbps uplink, and at least 100Mbps ports)? I need web-based management and telnet/CLI. We are looking to move away from Dell PowerConnect.
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    While I am not even considering any dell product, I'd like to know the issues you are having with them, do you have another post or care to share the issues?

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    Hard to go wrong with a 2960 cisco.
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    I would recommend the 3com 4500 26 Port Switch with 2 Gbps uplinks. I feel 3com switches are getting better and better.

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    Cisco 2950 / 2960, you can pick them up off eBay for simular prices you'd be paying for the Dell units new.

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    I would also suggest the 3524 cisco Catalyst. Two GBIC ports which you can use to create a stack or use for cat5/fiber uplinks. Run around 200-300$ on ebay from what i've seen.
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    the 3524s are garbage, on a budget I would stick with Catalyst 2950-T-24
    (24 x 10/100, 2 x 1000 copper).

    I can give you our sales rep @ AtlantixGlobal you can pick them up for ~$400

    solid units for the price.

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    new for ~400?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RazorBlue - Dan
    Cisco 2950 / 2960, you can pick them up off eBay for simular prices you'd be paying for the Dell units new.

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    +1

    You might even get away with a 2924 depending on which features you require.

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    The HP Procurve 2626 is a great switch. We use these along with Cisco 2950T and I'm pretty fond of both.

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    I have had success with the HP Procurves, Cisco 29xx Series, and 3COM. In some cases, a NetGear switch was fine. John, is this for a LAN or POP or for what use?
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    I would have to go with a Cisco 2950T for cost purposes. You can get these on Ebay at a really good price. Less that 400.00 in most cases.


    The 2960 is the newer version of the switch but the price is much higher for these.

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    Quote Originally Posted by boondeer
    I feel 3com switches are getting better and better.
    Yeah, definately. Ever since 3Com started buying from Futurewei their products have gotten less crappy
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    Quote Originally Posted by vantage255
    Hard to go wrong with a 2960 cisco.
    They treat me right.....
    Or even a 2948 (which I believe has 2x gb ports). They used to retail for something like $6k, but now you can pick up a refurb for like $1500.
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    What is wrong with Dell? I was about to order Dell Powerconnect 5324, it has 24 10/100/1000 ports and is ~$800, anything comparable from Cisco or HP is running >$1500.
    thanks

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    We use Cisco 2950 as well as a 3COM. I prefer the 2950 for easier web management. With both switches I find the web interface to be slow and clunky. Overall the Cisco has never had a problem. You can get all sorts of different configurations of the Cisco Catalysts. My only regret is that you have to pay so much more for a GB switch. (Helps with doing GB sized backups manually) Overall I would probably not pay the premium for a GB switch - though I would pay an additional couple hundred if it were that little of an upgrade. The fun thing with the 3COM (as others have it too) is power-over-ethernet which is nice for a phone system. I had a hard time picking the right Catalyst switch (the 2950) - but I think it's an easy decision looking back on it. Just focus on finding the right Catalyst for your needs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WireSix
    the 3524s are garbage, on a budget I would stick with Catalyst 2950-T-24
    (24 x 10/100, 2 x 1000 copper).
    How are the 35xx's garbage? I've been running pushing good traffic on them just fine, what problems did you run into?
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    He is speaking, in specific, about the 3524. It is a good deal underpowered compaired to the 3550 and has fewer options. I truly don't think that it can be called garbage, But it is the lesser of the 3500 series.

    I have 2 and they have served me well for several years.
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    Well, I took the advice of forum posters here and tried out a reburbished Cisco 2950 from ebay. It lasted about 2 days and now has gone offline and I am trying to figure out what is wrong. Maybe I should have stuck with the Dell Powerconnect. Despite the webserver on it failing every now and then, it has been 100% reliable.
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    And I spoke too soon.. It was a cable problem, not a problem with the switch. I am a Cisco fan again
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    We currently are running using

    SMC TigerSwitch 10/100/1000 - SMC8624T

    Has everything you can imagine, a little tricky when setting up (with the way to save the settings) but once we got it running, hasnt had a problem since we installed it some 2months ago

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    Quote Originally Posted by John[H4Y]
    What are your recommendations for an affordable, rock solid reliable 24-port managed switch (1Gbps uplink, and at least 100Mbps ports)? I need web-based management and telnet/CLI. We are looking to move away from Dell PowerConnect.
    Most of our Colo clients are using these:

    http://www.netsys-direct.com/proddet...S-2024S&cat=12

    We purchased 1 for testing, works fine. We kept it as a backup for our Cisco's 2950's.

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