Dell or Cisco managed switches

[addragyn]

Originally posted by: cmetz
halve, I haven't used the Dell managed switches, but I'm sure they work. They're just probably made in China (maybe if you're lucky, Taiwan or Malaysia) by some company you've never heard of and then OEMed by Dell - that's the way Dell does business.

Correct, they are rebranded parts made by Delta Networks.

The many comments about Cisco and Dell being in different classes are on.

 

[painintheworld]

Originally posted by: TMPadmin
I put them on the shelf still in the box. I have no use for them.

TMP

You could sell me one cheaply

 

[SaigonK]

Originally posted by: TMPadmin
We re-did our entire network here a year or so ago and went with 3com gigabit switches and some 10/100's. Haven't had a problem and performance increased dramatically over our linksys hubs. Who knew? You need to take into account the size and demand on your network. Cisco may be overkill, in my case I couldn't justify the cost for our size of company and the bandwidth. By far Cisco is the leader overall and dell, like it's been said already, is re-marketed technology. Nothing special just a cheep switch in a dark Dell case. Dell sent me 4 free 10/100/1000 switches already for buying workstations. I put them on the shelf still in the box. I have no use for them. TMP

i dont think Cisco is the leader in any sense, i cant stand their Catalyst switches compared to a Nortel 8600, but I use all nortel except for a PIX here and there so I am partial i guess.