[122626] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: In wall switches
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ML)
Thu Feb 18 03:55:41 2010
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:55:07 -0500
From: ML <ml@kenweb.org>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <4B7ACF64.3030703@utc.edu>
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On 2/16/2010 12:01 PM, Jeff Kell wrote:
> On 2/16/2010 11:45 AM, Douglas K. Rand wrote:
>>> Does anyone know of anything like a small, but managed in wall switch?
>>>
>> We had looked at the 3com NJ90 for a deployment. We ended up pulling
>> more wire instead, but it was a cool device. It isn't managed. But from
>> the 3com page I see that they now have new devices, the NJ220 for
>> managed fast Ethernet, and a NJ2000 for gigE.
>>
>
> We have a number of NS220s out there working fine, but they are either
> EOS/EOL or their clocks are ticking.
>
> There is the NJ2000 series, but they have "issues" with management and
> proper reporting (our network management gear can't quite properly
> manage them as the NJ220s).
>
> Jeff
>
We've used the NJ220s here....PITA. Maybe it's how we use them
(multicast traffic and .1q VLANs) but I could never get a consistent
view of the quantity of the NJ220s active on the subnet. I found that
when passing a fair amount of traffic (> 10Mbps) the 3com management
widget "Central Configuration Manager" wouldn't be able to manage the
switch unless I reduced that traffic load on the port leading to the NJ220.
