Posted by: andym
Good network switch recommendations - 24/09/2008 19:11
I'm looking at possibly replacing all my network switches at work with something else.
Currently we have a real mixed bag of different Netgear models (mostly FSM and GSM series L3 managed and unmanaged switches), plus a single solitary Cisco. The network currently has lots of switches for specific purposes (core video, edit suites, control system, general office etc.). The general office switches are the biggest (4 x FSM7328S in a stack configuration) all the other switches uplink into that along with the WAN router. Not pretty, but it works.
What I'm looking to do is unify all my switches to a single model (or possibly two so I don't waste gigabit ports on 100Mbit computers), stack them all together and use VLAN's to segregate the network.
I've always been a little wary of the Netgears, I've never been convinced that they perform at full speed.
If you guys were going to do this, what switches would you use?
Currently we have a real mixed bag of different Netgear models (mostly FSM and GSM series L3 managed and unmanaged switches), plus a single solitary Cisco. The network currently has lots of switches for specific purposes (core video, edit suites, control system, general office etc.). The general office switches are the biggest (4 x FSM7328S in a stack configuration) all the other switches uplink into that along with the WAN router. Not pretty, but it works.
What I'm looking to do is unify all my switches to a single model (or possibly two so I don't waste gigabit ports on 100Mbit computers), stack them all together and use VLAN's to segregate the network.
I've always been a little wary of the Netgears, I've never been convinced that they perform at full speed.
If you guys were going to do this, what switches would you use?