For the money, I've had good luck recently with the Dell powerconnect series. They have a nice web interface and the commandline is very, very similar to cisco.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 10, 2007 1:04 PM, Darin Perusich <
<a href="mailto:Darin.Perusich@cognigencorp.com">Darin.Perusich@cognigencorp.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">ICS = Internet Software Consortium, the develop BIND and DHCP.
<br><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>Richard Hubbard wrote:<br>> OK, that was my suspicion...but I still have one question...<br>> ISC?<br>><br>> Thanks!<br>><br>> <span style="font-family:comic sans ms;">Richard Hubbard </span>
<br>> ATTO Technology Inc<br>><br>> ----- Original Message ----<br>> From: Darin Perusich <<a href="mailto:Darin.Perusich@cognigencorp.com">Darin.Perusich@cognigencorp.com</a>><br>> To: <a href="mailto:nflug@nflug.org">
nflug@nflug.org</a><br>> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 12:55:23 PM<br>> Subject: Re: [nflug] Router vs Layer 3 switch<br>><br>> A layer 3 switch is a router and much cheaper then an actual router. I<br>> have a 24 port 3com SS 4924 1Gb switch as the backbone "router" of my
<br>> network with the individual network segments broken up using VLAN's.<br>> This has been in production for 3 years now and I'm very pleased with<br>> it. The only thing I'd change looking back at things is I would have
<br>> gone with a Cisco Layer3 switch instead of the 3com. About once or<br>> twice<br>> a year I run into some unexplained networking issues which requires<br>> that<br>> I reboot the switch. Maybe 3Com's fixed this by now but I don't know,
<br>> we<br>> had an existing 3com infrastructure so I stuck with them.<br>><br>> Do your DHCP on a dedicated server where you can run ISC, you can<br>> forward all the traffic across network segments from the Layer3 switch
<br>> just fine, it's what I do.<br>><br>> Richard Hubbard wrote:<br>>> I'm in a situation where "Theoritical" vs "Reality" is about to hit<br>>> home.<br>>><br>>> I have a network of over 300 computers, all on the same subnet. I
<br>>> need to break it up.<br>>><br>>> The traditional method is some kind of router. Which is fine, but<br>>> when you ask Cisco about routers that can handle 1Gb, all the<br>>> employees at Cisco start shopping for boats.
<br>>><br>>> It has been pointed out to me, that what I am looking for is a Layer<br>>> 3 switch. Which I have never actually touched before. So, is there<br>>> anyone here that has worked with layer 3 switches? Which brand?
<br>>><br>>> What I would like...<br>>><br>>> Web front end, ability to configure subnets. DHCP server capability<br>>> 1Gb/sec speed 16-24 ports. Inexpensive. If I wanted expensive, I'd
<br>>> buy a bunch of Cisco boxen.<br>>><br>>> What I don't need, yet, Router-router communications. However, due to<br>>> the size of the network, I can imagine eventually requiring RIP. I<br>
>> don't think that should be too hard (most $50 household size boxes<br>>> have RIP)<br>>><br>>> Any thoughts?<br>>><br>>> Thanks!<br>>><br>>> <span style="font-family:comic sans ms;">Richard Hubbard </span> ATTO
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