[nflug] Router vs Layer 3 switch

[Brad Bartram]

For the money, I've had good luck recently with the Dell powerconnect
series.  They have a nice web interface and the commandline is very, very
similar to cisco.

On Dec 10, 2007 1:04 PM, Darin Perusich <Darin.Perusich at cognigencorp.com>
wrote:

> ICS = Internet Software Consortium, the develop BIND and DHCP.
>
> Richard Hubbard wrote:
> > OK, that was my suspicion...but I still have one question...
> > ISC?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > <span style="font-family:comic sans ms;">Richard Hubbard </span>
> > ATTO Technology Inc
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Darin Perusich <Darin.Perusich at cognigencorp.com>
> > To: nflug at nflug.org
> > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 12:55:23 PM
> > Subject: Re: [nflug] Router vs Layer 3 switch
> >
> > A layer 3 switch is a router and much cheaper then an actual router. I
> > have a 24 port 3com SS 4924 1Gb switch as the backbone "router" of my
> > network with the individual network segments broken up using VLAN's.
> > This has been in production for 3 years now and I'm very pleased with
> > it. The only thing I'd change looking back at things is I would have
> > gone with a Cisco Layer3 switch instead of the 3com. About once or
> >  twice
> > a year I run into some unexplained networking issues which requires
> >  that
> > I reboot the switch. Maybe 3Com's fixed this by now but I don't know,
> >  we
> > had an existing 3com infrastructure so I stuck with them.
> >
> > Do your DHCP on a dedicated server where you can run ISC, you can
> > forward all the traffic across network segments from the Layer3 switch
> > just fine, it's what I do.
> >
> > Richard Hubbard wrote:
> >> I'm in a situation where "Theoritical" vs "Reality" is about to hit
> >> home.
> >>
> >> I have a network of over 300 computers, all on the same subnet.  I
> >> need to break it up.
> >>
> >> The traditional method is some kind of router.  Which is fine, but
> >> when you ask Cisco about routers that can handle 1Gb, all the
> >> employees at Cisco start shopping for boats.
> >>
> >> It has been pointed out to me, that what I am looking for is a Layer
> >> 3 switch.  Which I have never actually touched before.  So, is there
> >> anyone here that has worked with layer 3 switches?  Which brand?
> >>
> >> What I would like...
> >>
> >> Web front end, ability to configure subnets. DHCP server capability
> >> 1Gb/sec speed 16-24 ports. Inexpensive.  If I wanted expensive, I'd
> >> buy a bunch of Cisco boxen.
> >>
> >> What I don't need, yet, Router-router communications. However, due to
> >> the size of the network, I can imagine eventually requiring RIP. I
> >> don't think that should be too hard (most $50 household size boxes
> >> have RIP)
> >>
> >> Any thoughts?
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> <span style="font-family:comic sans ms;">Richard Hubbard </span> ATTO
> >> Technology Inc
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
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> Darin Perusich
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