[KLUG Members] Switch Comparisons

[Jeremy Leonard]

For switches we use mostly BayStack 420 and 450s.

For a large MDF we use their passport system. There are many different
options for this that would depend on what exactly you need.


On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 14:34, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> > My company uses a lot of Nortel. We've been very happy with them.
> 
> Got any specific models?
> 
> > I say Cisco for routers still though.
> 
> Yep, we had a Nortell Passport router installed by SBC.  Gack!  Replaced that
> piece of scrap with a Cisco.  Are those things running M$-DOS internally or
> what?  I've never seen such a TERRIBLE configuration and management interface -
> I mean what diseased mind desgined those things?  And performance?  Switching to
> a Cisco router increased throughput ***30%***.  I mean "Holy Cow!".
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