Why you get what you pay for….
by admin on Jun.21, 2006, under Datacenter
I got another comment on my earlier blog Click Here on different network gear working well together. Most of my experience is with straight Cisco gear but in dealings with various equipment from various vendors I would say just stick with a standard. If you want to run all 3COM switches or all Intel switches just stick with it. I would stay away from the Dells because they don’t even seem to follow standard between their models. Also as far as a business I would never got with a consumer grade product like Linksys or Dlink. Cisco does own Linksys but it is “consumer grade” and will not hold up well in a business environment. Also if you are just doing a flat network with no VLAN tagging, no trucking nothing fancy it makes less of a difference, if you are going to be putting multiple VLANS on a switch, setting up etherchannels, etc… go with a quality product like a Cisco.
