[Pc_Support] Re: ABS 8-Port, 5-Port GbE Switch -- VSC7388, VSC7385 (Blog article)

[Homer Whittaker]

What in the world do these $100/$200 items do?  I noted the 1000 uplink
capability but why is that better than a good $10 switch?  
I am not attempting to be smart, I would truly like to know what they
would provide for that much money.
I bought some Cisco  units, 4 for $25 and I do not see any difference
between them and an el-cheapo 8 port unit purchased a BigLots for less
than $7.00.  In fact two of the Cisco units have crapped out during the
past year or so.
Homer Whittaker


On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 12:06 -0500, Derek Konigsberg wrote:
> Often I find myself looking for what higher-end stuff can be had for good 
> prices on eBay, rather than bargain newer stuff.  For example, got myself 
> a GigE switch within the past year.  It is an Intel NetStructure 470F 
> (8-port, fiber).  I was lucky enough to snag it for $100, though the going 
> price on eBay was $400'ish.  (all my existing GigE cards were fiber, and 
> my 100Mbit switches had fiber uplinks, so it offered more flexibility to 
> me)  Of course the fiber patch cables themselves are one of those odd 
> items thats super-expensive retail, but super-cheap on eBay.
> 
> In the 10/100 (1000-uplink-capable) department, I've been very happy with 
> my BayStack 450-24T switches.  They're fully managed with all the bells 
> and whistles, and have become really cheap.  (I paid $200'ish for my first 
> one, $100'ish for the second, no idea how low they are now)
> 
> ---------------------------
> Derek Konigsberg
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> http://hecgeek.blogspot.com
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> 
> On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, Damien McKenna wrote:
> 
> > Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> >> More information on these switches:
> >> 
> > Lots of good stuff there, Bryan, thanks!
> >
> > -- 
> > Damien McKenna, husband, father, geek.
> > damien at mc-kenna.com - http://www.mc-kenna.com/
> >
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