Gigabit Switches

[badass]

sssssshhhh....

netgear managed switches outperform cisco both on throughput and features

you didn't hear it from me, since cisco were rather distressed at that report

Then they broke..............
and then broke again

But that doesn't surprise me TBH. Since I have seen a lot of Cisco kit causing network problems with things like autonegotiation I'm guessing their IOS/CATOS isn't the best for everything.

[DR]

Just got the 3 switches from Dell

Got 333 off in total

[directhex]

dell's switches are great, but their management UI breaks on $not_msie in my experience.

[DR]

Thats okay - i'm not a Linux bod

[Madwand]

A lot of people don't know that the Dells are just rebranded HP's.

You can knock HP for a lot of things but the hardware is some of the best.

I didn't know that. I'd love to hear more details. Some of the Dell switches have a less than great reputation for stability/reliability, and I haven't heard the same for Procurves. I also see that some Dells were equivalent to SMC / Accton switches. E.g.

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articl...5/ai_ziff40802

Lower-end Dells are Delta Networks Inc. products. E.g.

http://www.dninetworks.com/lan.asp?cat=9

And I don't see a clear correlation between say the Procurve 1800 series and the current Dell line.

So I'd love to know where exactly the Dell switches intersect the Procurve switches.