[olug] Looking for cheap but "good" Switches

[Curtis LaMasters]

I have a few used HP switched available.  They only have 2 GB ports each but
they should do the job.  Contact me off list if interested.

Curtis LaMasters
http://www.curtis-lamasters.com
http://www.builtnetworks.com


On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 5:24 PM, home slice <homeslice at packetfury.com> wrote:

> because the typical linksys has pretty poor throughput from what I've seen.
> No one really states what is what on their switches if they are cheap too,
> that makes it a bit more difficult to figure out.
> I know somewhere out there someone is cracking their knuckles at their
> keyboard, about to type..."If you want a good switch you'r gonna have to
> spend some good money", which I know.  I also know that there has to be
> someone out there that manufactures something that truly is simple, dumb,
> fast, and somewhat cheap, like under 500-300 bucks i would hope.
>
> Charles
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Kevin <sharpestmarble at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Why would a cheap Linksys not work?
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 16:27, home slice <homeslice at packetfury.com>
> wrote:
> > > Ya i need 1GbE and I'll need at least 4 switches of 5-10 ports each.
> > > I cant afford to buy the fancy nice ones for this personal project.
> > >
> > > I'll just use a couple 2960G's if I cant locate anything
> > >
> > > Charles
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Curtis LaMasters
> > > <curtislamasters at gmail.com>wrote:
> > >
> > >> There were a few switches on Craigslist yesterday or the day before
> that
> > >> might be an option.  Do you need GigE?
> > >>
> > >> Curtis LaMasters
> > >> http://www.curtis-lamasters.com
> > >> http://www.builtnetworks.com
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 4:14 PM, home slice <homeslice at packetfury.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > Hello all,
> > >> >
> > >> > I'm in need of a good small switch thats got a decent backplane in
> it.
> > >> >  Dumb
> > >> > switch is fine, 5-10 ports max.
> > >> > I'm wanting to find something like this for a small experimental
> > cluster
> > >> >
> > >> > Anyone know of anything?
> > >> >
> > >> > Why doesnt Juniper or Cisco make a small dumb switch with a 2Gb
> > >> backplane??
> > >> >
> > >> > Thx,
> > >> > Charles
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