[KLUG Members] Switch Comparisons

[Bruce Smith]

> > 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.

I don't think so.  :-(

I haven't looked for a long time, it's possible that HP has newer
switches out now that support EAP.

 - BS