[geeks] Ethernet Switches

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: Patrick Giagnocavo <patrick at zill.net>
>Date: 2006/10/12 Thu PM 07:42:15 CDT
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] Ethernet Switches

>On Oct 12, 2006, at 7:41 PM, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
>
>> Bill Bradford wrote:
>>>> I so wish I could find a Cisco C2948G or C2980G at a reasonable 
>>>> price.
>>>> There's one on ebay for $200, but it's sold as-is.
>>>
>>> Will Cisco still honor the lifetime guarantee on the 29xx series?  I
>>> had them replace a 2924XL that $WORK threw out due to too many bad
>>> ports.  It just took like 4-6 weeks to get the replacement in.
>>
>> That's a good idea!  Anyone know?
>>
>
>No they will not, at least when I called they didn't.

Related question - any opinions on HP ProCurve switches?

PCMALL.COM has model 2510-24 (w/ twenty two 10/10/1000 ports, two dual-personality 10/100/1000 or mini-GIBIC interfaces, RADIUS network login) for $300 (after $20 rebate pcmall.com SKU 7118519) and an 8 port version w/o mini-GIBIC or Radius login for $150 (after $10 mail-in rebate pcmall.com SKU 7115887)...

Seems like pretty good pricing for brand-new managed Gigabit switches with a lifetime warranty, but I'm new to the market for these types of items...

Lionel