Equipment Thoughts? Dlink vs. Netgear vs. Cisco vs. 3Com
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Posted by Lucas Tam on October 19, 2005, 1:14 pm
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> The stuff you buy retail ..., well I'll not put it into business use. And also, the DES-3526 is not a retail switch, it's part of DLink's business offerings - they start at 499.00 MSRP and seem to have comparable features as a similar 3COM 2816 SFP Managed Switch. -- Lucas Tam (REMOVEnntp@rogers.com) Please delete "REMOVE" from the e-mail address when replying. Newmarket Volvo Sucks! http://newmarketvolvo.tripod.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Walter Roberson on October 19, 2005, 7:02 pm
Please log in for more thread options :And also, the DES-3526 is not a retail switch, it's part of DLink's :business offerings Experiences differ. We had experience with a top of the line "business" switch from one of the "consumer" companies you list, and it was miserable... it worked superficially, but when we put it on the lab bench for testing and started trying to configure some of the basic features, the evidence we found was of significant errors at relatively low loads, and we weren't able to get it configured to test the main feature we had purchased for. It then cost me more time to go through and re-test and document the problems than we saved by not going with a higher end switch. One of the other regulars here tested the same model line, loved it at first, and within a couple of months was loathing it. As one of the posters said, it depends on the consequences of failures (and bugs and bad feature design and error rates). We have some very inexpensive switches within our LAN that I see no evidence of error with... but those are in tertiary roles, and I wouldn't use them for our wiring closets. -- All is vanity. -- Ecclesiastes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Torbjorn Lindgren on October 19, 2005, 6:12 pm
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>I am interested in purchasing a Dlink DES-3526 Managed switch for our
>network, but some people in my organization is afraid that DLink = low >quality. As others have remarked this is from their "business line", and might be better than their normal consumer level stuff (which usually isn't so bad, as long as you don't push hard...). >Is this the case?
>We will only have a couple of servers running off the switch. > >Couple other alternatives: >Cisco (too expensive, overkill for us) >3Com (Are they still good???) 3Com? My personal experience of their switches is "avoid at all cost", but that was a number of years ago. >Netcode (never heard of them)
Google doesn't seem find much either. Possibly an OEM, there are a couple of switches of this type that is sold by a large variety of different OEM's. HP Procurve 2626 is an obvious alternative, it's a bit more expensive though but nowhere close to Cisco level. HP operates with a "lifetime warranty for original purchaser" on their switches, this includes advance replacement. D-Link calls their warranty "limited lifetime warranty", it starts out the same but then they add a host of limitations which significantly reduces it (US only, power supply/fan 3 year, spare parts/spare kits 90 days, and everything expires 5 year after they've discontinued the product). They don't do advance replacement either, so you need to send in the unit, wait for them to fix and then send it back to you (sometimes means that you'll need to buy a replacement to use while claiming the warranty). 3Com seems to have similar warranty terms to D-Link, while Cisco apparently doesn't want to divulge them on their Web pages :-) http://www.hp.com/rnd/products/switches/switch2600series/overview.htm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Lucas Tam on October 19, 2005, 10:50 pm
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@fe01.news.easynews.com: > HP Procurve 2626 is an obvious alternative, it's a bit more expensive
> though but nowhere close to Cisco level. HP operates with a "lifetime > warranty for original purchaser" on their switches, this includes > advance replacement. The 2626 looks really good! Thanks for the info. Surprisingly Netgears FSM726 came in a close second on a review posted on HPs website... and that was another switch we were looking at. -- Lucas Tam (REMOVEnntp@rogers.com) Please delete "REMOVE" from the e-mail address when replying. Newmarket Volvo Sucks! http://newmarketvolvo.tripod.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Dr. Anton T. Squeegee on October 19, 2005, 8:09 pm
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REMOVEnntp@rogers.com says... > Hello all,
> > I am interested in purchasing a Dlink DES-3526 Managed switch for our > network, but some people in my organization is afraid that DLink = low > quality. > > Is this the case? In my experience: Yes. I had one of their WAPs fail on me in less than a year, and another one that I bought later on couldn't hold a consistent connection. I would avoid D-Link. Netgear, on the other wing, is IMO a much better bet. They're a division of Bay Networks/Nortel Networks, and I've yet to see a bad product from their line of goodies. > Cisco (too expensive, overkill for us)
And, being the 'Microsoft' of the network world, they will nickel- and-dime you to death. > 3Com (Are they still good???)
Their higher-end stuff seems pretty good. Haven't had too many problems with their NICs either. > Netcode (never heard of them)
Same here. Lord only knows who they are. > So what do you guys think about DLink and Netgear managed switches for a
> small server rack? If those are your only choices, stick with Netgear. Keep the peace(es). -- Dr. Anton T. Squeegee, Director, Dutch Surrealist Plumbing Institute. (Known to some as Bruce Lane, ARS KC7GR, kyrrin (a/t) bluefeathertech[d=o=t]calm -- www.bluefeathertech.com "If Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped with surreal ports?" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
>> network, but some people in my organization is afraid that DLink = low
>> quality.
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>> Is this the case?