Tetchnikal Advice Needed
Jul. 31st, 2007 04:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
So our network is growing damned fast. STUFF is happening in there where I can't see it. The whole network is built up around basic switches connected by Gigabit in a linear topology.
I want to increase my control and management of this network. Now can I buy a "smart" switch to sit in the middle and connect all my Gigabit connections to it? What products would people suggest? I have some ideas but I don't want to have my preconceptions get in the way.
Clearly something simple to manage would be preferred, so there'd have to be a really good reason for someone to suggest something like "A Linux Box with magic doodad card X in it"
Anyone?
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Date: 2007-07-31 10:23 am (UTC)Per-port-SNMP, QoS and VLAN, web admin, mirroring, GIBC for fibre if you need.
Now the speccy bits are out of the way, how much are you willing to pay?
There's similar Linksys (mmm dinky cisco :P~) and D-Link models...
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Date: 2007-07-31 11:37 am (UTC)And for a core switch even a die-hard like me would not suggest a Linux box. Right tool for the right job, thanks very much.*
If you're a SAGE-AU member, I'd suggest asking there.
* Mind you, pretty much all of the Cisco gear is Linux under the hood these days...
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