[rescue] Network switch reco?

[Lionel Peterson]

Netgear metal box switches have lifetime warranties also. I had one 8 port
gigabit switch from Netgear fail after 10 yrs, mailed it back, got brand-new
in shrink wrap replacement of a mildly upgrades switch of same model.

Ken (Lionel)

> On Sep 24, 2019, at 12:45, Earl Baugh <earl at baugh.org> wrote:
>
> o;?I've used both Unifi and HP switches recently.  Unifi I like because of
the
> overall ecosystem (I have their
> wifi and security gateway set up...)  But for basic switch, I've gone with
> HP recently.  Solid products so far.
> But the best part is that the HP Procurve ones ones are LIFETIME warranty
> (yes, LIFETIME)
>
> I got some of the lower end Procuve ones and did have to do one warranty
> replacement... and yup, free.
>
> Earl
>
>
>
> From: Scott Newell <newell+rescue at n5tnl.com>
>> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
>> Subject: [rescue] Network switch reco?
>>
>> What do y'all like for a network switch these days? We lost a 16 port
>> 100 Mb SMC at work, and I'm thinking gigE, 16 or 24 ports, possibly
>> managed.
>>
>> Don't know why managed, other than I've never really had one. (Some
>> of our cat5 runs are old, so it might be handy to be able to lock
>> some ports to 100?)
>>
>> thanks!
>>
>>
>> --
>> newell  N5TNL
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