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Cisco vs. 3com

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Warbird

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Hey everyone,

I am currently designing a LAN for a company I just started with and need some advice. I am looking at putting in a 10/100 24 port switch with 3 10/100 24 port hubs hanging off of it to connect about 50 users and a couple network printers. We will also have internet connectivity (T1 or so) running in also. What brands should I be looking at?

So far I have looked at the Cisco 2924M XL switch and the Cisco Hub 400's. I have also been looking at 3Com's Superstack 3 3300 switch and possible 3 3com 10/100 switches to hang off of it. Any recommendations?

Thanks in advance,

-Bryan
 
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The Cisco 2900xl series of switch is a robust workgroup switch. I support many of them in my current job. It runs IOS and is pretty easy to configure. In terms of support, I think it is blatantly obvious that Cisco would provide the better support level, I think 3Com is out of business soon.

Personally I would use the Cisco switch, for the hub just get a cheap crappy one - a hub is a piece of crap anyway so why bother with a branded one?
 
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Thanks for your response! I wanted to stay with the same brand name throughout. It just seems easier to get support and so forth if you have all the same vendor. I do see what you mean about the hubs though. I wouldn't mind just getting some Netgear hubs since they are made by Bay Networks.
Cisco is one of the only switches that does the VLAN stuff right?

-Bryan
 
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No 3com switches does VLAN's to and they are less expensive then cisco's, but I will still go for cisco switches.
 
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Errrr... thats not exactly true UInix.. the 3900s *do* vlans just fine.. aside from the useless interface to set them up. I have over 30 VLANs running right now on a combo of 6509s, 4000s and 3900s as the edge devices.

Right now the supply of 3900s seemed to have dried up except for used ones.

Mike S
"Diplomacy; the art of saying 'nice doggie' till you can find a rock" Wynn Catlin
 
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Have you looked at the Nortel Accelar or Baystack 450Ts?
 
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