[olug] Fluke

[Daniel Linder]

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Rob Townley wrote:
>> I am just not used to the pricing structure for high end managed
>> switches as opposed to local retail stores. Roughly, the price of a
>> USED managed switch is 10x the price of a NEW unmanaged consumer
>> switch.

<quote who="Phil Brutsche">
> All I'm going to say is...
> You get what you pay for.

I'll second that in a heartbeat!

Sure, for home and small office environments (i.e. 10 or less
people/devices) then an inexpensive un-managed switch is perfect.

Once you've used a managed switch and you can setup VLANs, enable/disable
ports, and watch for port errors you'll wonder how you got along without
the features.

If the Cisco list prices are too steep, you can always check on auction
sites and "refurbishers".  Of course, Cisco is always going to be a bit
steeper -- you might want to look into a 3Com or NetGear managed hub.
I've used 3Com in the past and they make fine equipment (I'm still a Cisco
guy though).

Dan


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