[109973] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Gigabit Linux Routers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adam Crosby)
Thu Dec 18 10:07:12 2008
From: Adam Crosby <adam+nanog@uptill3.com>
To: nanog list <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <494A1115.8000105@imacandi.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:07:04 -0500
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
On Dec 18, 2008, at 4:00 AM, Eugeniu Patrascu wrote:
> Chris wrote:
>
>> Now to look at very affordable layer 2, Gigabit 3com switches with
>> good pps.
>
> You should take a look at HP. They have very good gigabit switches
> and also offer lifetime guarantee on them.
>
> HP actually has a CLI to configure the switch, not the crap 3Com has.
>
Not to defend 3Com or anything, but all of their enterprise stuff (for
quite a few years now) has an extremely similar CLI to IOS. Came out
very shortly after they got involved with Huawei.
If you're already familiar with 3com enterprise gear, check out the
4200G series for cheap L2 gig switching.
--
Adam
