|On Sun, 4 May 1997, Jake Messinger wrote:
|
|> It would be the most expensive purchase youd make but not necessarily the
|> best. Lantronix has been around for years and makes decent products.
|> And with a slew of NEW vendors with NEW products, the market is becoming
|
|With the LMS8-A-01 wholesale at about $375, there's no way I'll talk my
|boss into blowing $2k on a similarly sized switch just for extra bells and
|whistles. Assuming the switch does as much for our ethernet as I expect,
|we'll probably eventually get a nicer/bigger one (managed) for the
|backbone and move the unmanaged one elsewhere...I suspect you can never
|have too many switches :)
Wait a minute here. You are saying the the _center_ of your network
(ethernet switch) is not managed? Pay $3000 get a Cat1900 or a Bay
switch. 25ports + 2 100baseTX and it will rock your world.
|> more competitive. There is NOW a T1 router with a built-in CSU/DSU for
|> under $1000 !!! Call Tech Data about it. Cant remember the brand.
|
|I just setup a Cyclades PathRouter for a new customer. It sells
|(promotional ISP price) with a BAT CSU/DSU for just about $1k.
Any customer that can afford a T1 can afford a decent router and a
decent CSU. Bat's are cheaply made. I personally prefer Digital Link.
Pricey but worth it. We are recommending our T1 customers _start_
with a cisco4500 or 7200 in case they want to multi-home in the
future. YMMV and most likely we cater to a different market.
Jonah
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