On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Justin Krejci <jus at krytosvirus.com> wrote: > I have seen a number of customers use Dell switches and have not really > heard anything negative about them. The Dell rebranded-SMC switches are crap. In a power event, they usually don't come up gracefully and require a bit of massaging to get up and running again. I would never pay money for one, but maybe I'd take one for free. I prefer the old Netgear stuff (rebranded Bay networks). I don't recall the model number, but I picked up a 24 port GigE Netgear for under $400 a couple years back. 48Gb backplane, fully managed, VLAN support, all that jazz. Beware 24 port switches that are oversubscribed! Even the $3000 Ciscos are oversubscribed. I never understood how a $400 can outperform enterprise gear but it really can. Brian