[KLUG Members] Switch Comparisons

[Adam Williams]

> We have one main switch which is an 8000M and about a dozen 4000M
> switches at various locations around the buildings here.  Both look

Yep, these look like nice units - Modular switches without the Cisco
cost.  Otherwise I never would have thought to check out HP.

> You can give them IP addresses to configure them remotely, they support
> VLAN's, SNMP, spanning tree operations, ABC, IGMP, ....  You can even
> set properties on individual ports (lock them at 10 or 100 or HD or FD).

Any idea if they support EAP?  Would make supporting the wireless
network much less cumbersome.