[madmatt2006]

Hi Guys oh and Girls

Got to work this morning to find the 48 port switch was half dead no lights on one side it's happend a few times now so shopping for a replacement any body got any suggestions on a good one that is reliable oh yeah and need to be able to buy it in AU.

[noop]

I am a big fan of Cisco's products. They are very expensive, but work very well. Linksys is owned by Cisco, so I am sure those are pretty good products too. I have had bad experience with D-Link support so not sure about that brand.

When in doubt, ebay it!
Cisco 48 Port Australia

[madmatt2006]

is this one any good? http://www.netgear.c...witches/GS748TI this has a life time warranty don't want a Linksys SRW 2048 that what I have and it's failing badly half the ports die and the web interface is F'D up bad can login and out that's it none of the menus work at all

[Pirate07]

What you need is a Cisco switch, (not Linksys). There is a big difference between Cisco and Linksys. Most "Linksys" switches, modems and routers are based more towards home networking. Linksys does make some business equipment, but it's not the main focus for Linksys. Cisco offers the best Enterprise equipment that you can buy. They are quite expensive, but will last you a long time, and could easily speed up your network.

[noop]

I would agree with Pirate07. The Cisco products I have dealt with are very stable and quick once you get them configured. If you need help, I know how to configure them pretty well now

[madmatt2006]

Whats your opinion on Netgear ProSafe brand switches? I know Cisco is the best but expensive

[noop]

Never seen much Netgear stuff out of Home or Small Business use, so not sure

[Pirate07]

Here is a 48 Port Netgear Switch that I found. It looks very nice, the only thing I personally don't like about is, it has a web browser interface.

[madmatt2006]

this is so funny thats the exact one I ordered should arrive today can't wait

[Pirate07]

madmatt2006, on 28 October 2009 - 09:48 PM, said:

this is so funny thats the exact one I ordered should arrive today can't wait

Let us know what you think about, once you get it up and running. Just curious on how its going to perform, and how the Web Browser Interface is.

[madmatt2006]

No problems will do I expect it in the next 4 hours

[madmatt2006]

Wow how easy was that!! pretty much just plugging and go changed IP range to ours and reset the default password and away it goes!! I will looking to tweaking the configuration after reading the manual the web interface is easy to use and navigate over all appears to be a fairly good switch.

[Pirate07]

Wow I will have to keep one of these in mind for future reference. I guess a Web Interface would be easier than the Cisco CLI. But I know the commands for Cisco pretty good. You may have found a "diamond in the rough."

[madmatt2006]

it's been rock solid so far. I will post here if I ever get any issues with it....so far so good