LAN/WAN Equipment reviews

[sox63]

Hi Guys

I sell networking equipment and was wondering what are your thoughts on the various alternatives available today? Which Vendor you prefer and why, and which one you implemented at work.

I need to get an idea from the people that work the kit every day as the marketing of the Vendors can get confusing.

Your opinions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Juggy]

Awesome, I'm looking for a GB switch.

Any prices? 8 port or so.

 

[ghalied]

cisco, hp

 

[XCalibre]

Yeah can't go wrong with cisco's stuff but for simple network solutions I prefer Netgear. Like their swtiches

 

[Gunny]

All depends on the application for biggish networks I prefer HP Pro Curve nice switches these, otherwise Netgear ( keep them well ventilated) and D-Link,
Linksys wireless stuff is brilliant very flexible. D-Link actually impressed me a client of mine had a D-link access point in a resturant/pub offering free WiFi access and that little thing ran 15-30 concurrent connections a night and never fell over we eventualy replaced it with a linksys and stronger omni because of a dead spot. For wans Cisco is king altho I have a client running a WAN (5 branches across the country) with netgears over adsl and its suprisingly stable. Lol falls over once a day at 4am when telkom do their session disconnects.

 

[sox63]

Awesome, I'm looking for a GB switch.

Any prices? 8 port or so.

I'll have a look, but I think you are going to struglle getting an 8-port with Gigabit connectivity.