Network Switch

Hi,
Just looking a recommendation as far as a switch. Have a SBS2000
network with about 35 users and would like to add a swtich to speed up the
network a little? Any suggestions as far as model/make?

Dave
Wed Apr 14 11:27:59 CDT 2004

Last year, I started buying Dell Power Connect switches because I owed a
favor to a guy at Dell and he was pushing me to buy one. I have two of them
now and they're great - and very reasonably priced. I've also had good luck
with a 3com Office Connect switch I bought about 3 years ago. I like the
Dells better because the ports are on the front - I'll never buy another
networking product with ports on the back.


"Eddie Allen" <eddie.allen@unitede.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> Just looking a recommendation as far as a switch. Have a SBS2000
> network with about 35 users and would like to add a swtich to speed up the
> network a little? Any suggestions as far as model/make?
>
>

Pat
Wed Apr 14 11:46:53 CDT 2004

I would suggest looking for a switch with at least 1 Gigabit port on it and
getting a Gigabit network card for the Server.
This will help with the switch to server bottleneck that you may be getting
with so many users.
Only worth it if your users regularly move large if files to and from the
server.
Made a big difference to us here with less than 15 users.

"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" <gwdibble@NOSPAM.frontiernet.net> wrote in message
news:usIE01jIEHA.2244@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Last year, I started buying Dell Power Connect switches because I owed a
> favor to a guy at Dell and he was pushing me to buy one. I have two of
them
> now and they're great - and very reasonably priced. I've also had good
luck
> with a 3com Office Connect switch I bought about 3 years ago. I like the
> Dells better because the ports are on the front - I'll never buy another
> networking product with ports on the back.
>
>
> "Eddie Allen" <eddie.allen@unitede.com> wrote in message
> news:eTAH9JiIEHA.3556@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Hi,
> > Just looking a recommendation as far as a switch. Have a SBS2000
> > network with about 35 users and would like to add a swtich to speed up
the
> > network a little? Any suggestions as far as model/make?
> >
> >
>
>

Eddie
Wed Apr 14 12:55:51 CDT 2004

Well right now I have 3 24 port hubs chained together. I am getting alot of
collisions and network wide slow downs at times so think a slight upgrade
might be in order... I was thinking about doing the gig net hardware as
well. Got to do some pricing and see what that would put me up too...

Thanks

Eddie
"Pat Horridge" <pat@vet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I would suggest looking for a switch with at least 1 Gigabit port on it
and
> getting a Gigabit network card for the Server.
> This will help with the switch to server bottleneck that you may be
getting
> with so many users.
> Only worth it if your users regularly move large if files to and from the
> server.
> Made a big difference to us here with less than 15 users.
>
> "Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" <gwdibble@NOSPAM.frontiernet.net> wrote in
message
> news:usIE01jIEHA.2244@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Last year, I started buying Dell Power Connect switches because I owed a
> > favor to a guy at Dell and he was pushing me to buy one. I have two of
> them
> > now and they're great - and very reasonably priced. I've also had good
> luck
> > with a 3com Office Connect switch I bought about 3 years ago. I like
the
> > Dells better because the ports are on the front - I'll never buy another
> > networking product with ports on the back.
> >
> >
> > "Eddie Allen" <eddie.allen@unitede.com> wrote in message
> > news:eTAH9JiIEHA.3556@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > Hi,
> > > Just looking a recommendation as far as a switch. Have a SBS2000
> > > network with about 35 users and would like to add a swtich to speed up
> the
> > > network a little? Any suggestions as far as model/make?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Eddie
Wed Apr 14 12:58:06 CDT 2004

Oh I had another question. Is it recommended to get a mananged switch. I
know that the price is a lot dif for the managed add on?

"Pat Horridge" <pat@vet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:c5jptj$5as$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
> I would suggest looking for a switch with at least 1 Gigabit port on it
and
> getting a Gigabit network card for the Server.
> This will help with the switch to server bottleneck that you may be
getting
> with so many users.
> Only worth it if your users regularly move large if files to and from the
> server.
> Made a big difference to us here with less than 15 users.
>
> "Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" <gwdibble@NOSPAM.frontiernet.net> wrote in
message
> news:usIE01jIEHA.2244@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Last year, I started buying Dell Power Connect switches because I owed a
> > favor to a guy at Dell and he was pushing me to buy one. I have two of
> them
> > now and they're great - and very reasonably priced. I've also had good
> luck
> > with a 3com Office Connect switch I bought about 3 years ago. I like
the
> > Dells better because the ports are on the front - I'll never buy another
> > networking product with ports on the back.
> >
> >
> > "Eddie Allen" <eddie.allen@unitede.com> wrote in message
> > news:eTAH9JiIEHA.3556@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > Hi,
> > > Just looking a recommendation as far as a switch. Have a SBS2000
> > > network with about 35 users and would like to add a swtich to speed up
> the
> > > network a little? Any suggestions as far as model/make?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

ctk
Thu Apr 15 17:51:28 CDT 2004

Eddie-

I'd recommend a 3Com Baseline 2250 48-port 10/100 with 2 Gigabit ports -
unmanaged (about $720), or if you want managed, a 3Com 4250, about $840.
Good source - provantage.com

I'd also recommend not getting anything from D-Link. I've had consistently
bad luck with their products.

-Charlie Kopp
-mpi computer services
-Seattle
"Eddie Allen" <eddie.allen@unitede.com> wrote in message
news:eTAH9JiIEHA.3556@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
> Just looking a recommendation as far as a switch. Have a SBS2000
> network with about 35 users and would like to add a swtich to speed up the
> network a little? Any suggestions as far as model/make?
>
>

JOlson
Thu Apr 15 18:23:05 CDT 2004

Or, if even the 3com is out of range for you, but want to speed up to
switched -- checkout Dell's current offering of unmanaged switches --
less than a third the cost. I've used these in 2 install without a
hitch... Not quite the same as a 3com, but still sufficent for most
small biz.

--
Jason Olson
Solutions Mgr
www.tj-myers.com
TJ-Myers Consulting Group


On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 15:51:28 -0700, "ctk" <ckopp@nospamattglobal.net>
wrote:

>Eddie-
>
>I'd recommend a 3Com Baseline 2250 48-port 10/100 with 2 Gigabit ports -
>unmanaged (about $720), or if you want managed, a 3Com 4250, about $840.
>Good source - provantage.com
>
>I'd also recommend not getting anything from D-Link. I've had consistently
>bad luck with their products.
>
>-Charlie Kopp
>-mpi computer services
>-Seattle
>"Eddie Allen" <eddie.allen@unitede.com> wrote in message
>news:eTAH9JiIEHA.3556@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>> Just looking a recommendation as far as a switch. Have a SBS2000
>> network with about 35 users and would like to add a swtich to speed up the
>> network a little? Any suggestions as far as model/make?
>>
>>
>

Pat
Mon Apr 26 07:56:42 CDT 2004

Depends what you need to do with them.
Managed switches give you a lot more control over the ports and the function
of the switch.
But as an upgrade for slow hubs an umanaged switch would be a big leap so
I'd save you money for now.
I have some managed and some unmanaged but to be honest I rarely have to do
anything with the managed ones.

"Eddie Allen" <eddie.allen@unitede.com> wrote in message
news:uNJJLokIEHA.2688@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Oh I had another question. Is it recommended to get a mananged switch.
I
> know that the price is a lot dif for the managed add on?
>
> "Pat Horridge" <pat@vet.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:c5jptj$5as$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
> > I would suggest looking for a switch with at least 1 Gigabit port on it
> and
> > getting a Gigabit network card for the Server.
> > This will help with the switch to server bottleneck that you may be
> getting
> > with so many users.
> > Only worth it if your users regularly move large if files to and from
the
> > server.
> > Made a big difference to us here with less than 15 users.
> >
> > "Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" <gwdibble@NOSPAM.frontiernet.net> wrote in
> message
> > news:usIE01jIEHA.2244@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > Last year, I started buying Dell Power Connect switches because I owed
a
> > > favor to a guy at Dell and he was pushing me to buy one. I have two
of
> > them
> > > now and they're great - and very reasonably priced. I've also had
good
> > luck
> > > with a 3com Office Connect switch I bought about 3 years ago. I like
> the
> > > Dells better because the ports are on the front - I'll never buy
another
> > > networking product with ports on the back.
> > >
> > >
> > > "Eddie Allen" <eddie.allen@unitede.com> wrote in message
> > > news:eTAH9JiIEHA.3556@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > > Hi,
> > > > Just looking a recommendation as far as a switch. Have a SBS2000
> > > > network with about 35 users and would like to add a swtich to speed
up
> > the
> > > > network a little? Any suggestions as far as model/make?
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>