[31877] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cheapest ethernet switch with monitor/mirror port?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave McKay)
Tue Oct 24 16:08:09 2000
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 15:06:02 -0500
From: Dave McKay <dave@sneakerz.org>
To: Dan Hollis <goemon@sasami.anime.net>
Cc: Mark Milhollan <mlm@ftel.net>,
"'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
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> On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Mark Milhollan wrote:
> > So far the HP ProCurve 4000m is looking pretty good. A pair of
> > half-populated units (J4121A) is less than the price of a fully
> > populated one. CDW has them for US$45.72/port. (Due to a HP promotion
> > currently running.) VLAN (802.1q), IGMP, monitor port, SNMP, stackable,
> > CoS stuff, &c. GbE ports (SX, LX, and 1000Base-T) are available for it.
> > Some limitations, e.g., 8 MAC's per port in secure mode.
I use these for connecting my racks to core switches. They don't pass
spanning tree traffic. Their Gig Copper rocks though.
>
> 40 ports, $1829.... *WAY* overkill. We only need maybe 8 ports max!
>
> -Dan
>
>
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Dave McKay
dave@sneakerz.org
Network Engineer - Google Inc.
