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Well I'll have a looksy at Dell and thanks for the input, I do like the DPDT and paper clip idea, but i'm not very good at high frequency design yet. <br><br>JG<br><br><br><br>> <br>> We have a Cisco core switch doing all the Layer 3. We have a mix of<br>> Dell PowerConnect 3448, 3548, 5348, and 5448 switches connecting back<br>> to the Cisco. This 3XXX and 5XXX lines of PowerConnect switches has<br>> been solid, even the PoE versions, and the pricing is more appealing<br>> than the pricing of extreme networks, juniper, transistion networks.<br>> Haven't worked with the 28XX series Dan Rue mentioned, but for the<br>> price it looks like a good bet.<br>> <br>> Had a couple Netgear managed gig switches at a remote location at one<br>> time. Ran fine while I was on site, then started doing flaky things<br>> (dropping from gig to 10 megabit, dropping the connection entirely,<br>> lots of retransmits and errors) a few months down the road. We threw<br>> the cable qualifier on all the structured cables and patch cables and<br>> everything passed, so we replaced the Netgear switches with Dell<br>> PowerConnects and haven't had an issue since.<br>> <br>> <br>> -- <br>> Andrew S. Zbikowski | http://andy.zibnet.us<br>> IT Outhouse Blog Thing | http://www.itouthouse.com<br>> <br><br> </body>
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