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Asante Hubs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Morytko)
Mon Mar 21 14:23:51 1994
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 94 13:29:33 EST
From: Steve Morytko <STEVE@uconnvm.uconn.edu>
To: resnet-forum@MIT.EDU
>
>>We're on the verge of picking hubs for our first dorm wiring project. I
>>recently got an announcement (I expect many of you got the same one) from
>>Asante for their 2072 hub which looks like it has the features we need at
>>a good price. Our MIS department is balking at the idea, prefering
>>another vendor's much more expensive hubs. I've got a couple of days
>>to try and convince them otherwise before purchase orders are cut.
>>
>>Has anybody used the 2072 in a production network? Were you happy with it?
>>Any problems? Would you buy one again? Not?
>>
We've been using the 2072's for a while now and like them very much. We did
have some trouble when we got our first batch (a couple of bent boards) but
they were promptly replaced with no hassle whatsoever. These hubs are very
well made (don't take my word for it, read the PC Magazine review) and very
cost effective too.
Another thing that's nice is the scalability in their hub offerings;
intelligent (SNMP) 12port, 24 port stackable, and the 2072 for larger
installations. This lets you grow without spending a bundle up front.
Their hub manager, AsanteView, is also well done and can operate in-band
*and* out-of-band.
>>If it matters, our plan is to run fiber into the building and vertically.
Works for us.
>>Every few floors, there will be a large 10baseT hub cluster serving a
>>couple of floors (3 clusters all together, each one serving one IP subnet
>>(8-bits worth) and one AppleTalk phase-II network. Other protocols in
>>use on the campus (DECNet, IPX, etc) will be blocked at the cisco router
>>which feed the fiber runs into the building.
>>
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>>
>>Roy,
>>
> Check out Allied Telesis, who has good prices/features. A 12 port
>modular 10Base-T hub with SNMP, additional telnet-able management, low
>rack real estate and an AUI up-port is $650. Only $54/port. They have
>other up-port and interface options. I'm not a saleperson, just someone
>who has done some recent evaluations, I didn't even "do lunch" with
>them. A.T. has being very helpful in representing their products unlike
>some of the bigger companies who seem to have become too big for their
>britches.
I certainly wouldn't put Asante in this category. Their sales and support
staff have been very good. However, I would agree that there are some
other guys that think they can charge double or more for their stuff and
we should beg them to sell it to us.
> We at CMU got burnt in dealing with bad rev. interface cards from
>Asanti. Their tech support had bad followup, did not return calls, etc.
> This is sort of like buying a car, everything seems smooth at the
>showroom with hidden surprises in the service department.
All I can say is that this was not our experience and I am quite surprised
to hear of it. Asante has been very helpful to us.
>
>Pete Bronder
>
Just another happy Asante user. Usual disclaimers.
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