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deric.kwok2000 at gmail

Nov 7, 2009, 9:21 AM

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need your suggestion about switch

Hi

I am requested to get not brand list switch

how can I test it? any software or methods

eg:
reliable
speed
or any need

Thank you so much


lcaron at unix-scripts

Nov 7, 2009, 10:09 AM

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Re: need your suggestion about switch [In reply to]

On 07/11/2009 18:21, Deric Kwok wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am requested to get not brand list switch
>
> how can I test it? any software or methods
>
> eg:
> reliable
> speed
> or any need
>
> Thank you so much

Hi,

Can you please make sentences that make sense ?

Are you seeking for advice or help ?

I think yes. So the least you can do is ease the pain of people reading
your emails.

Thanks


bfeeny at mac

Nov 7, 2009, 10:37 AM

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Re: need your suggestion about switch [In reply to]

What I am gathering is that you are looking to by a off brand switch?

If this is the case, then I would argue reliability and speed aren't
important to you, but rather price, so go for what you can afford I
guess.

If you lack the knowledge to purchase a switch or test it properly, I
would hire a professional services company that can do this for you
and stand by their product/decisions.
Of course, that would be expensive, and sort of goes against buying a
cheap switch in the first place.

Most vendors that you should be shopping in the first place, publish
data on their switches that is a decent guide to performance at a
distance. Just make sure your comparing apples to apples
(packet sizes, features, etc). There are also some independent tests
you can find such as miercom.

Brian

On Nov 7, 2009, at 12:21 PM, Deric Kwok wrote:

> Hi
>
> I am requested to get not brand list switch
>
> how can I test it? any software or methods
>
> eg:
> reliable
> speed
> or any need
>
> Thank you so much


sfouant at shortestpathfirst

Nov 7, 2009, 12:02 PM

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RE: need your suggestion about switch [In reply to]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Feeny [mailto:bfeeny [at] mac]
> Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 1:37 PM
>
> (packet sizes, features, etc). There are also some independent tests
> you can find such as miercom.

Come on... I don't know if I'd use "Miercom" and "independent" in the same
sentence? More like guns for hire. I've rarely seen a test report they
came out with that wasn't commissioned by a particular vendor with the
testing done in such a way as to slant the results in their favor.

Stefan Fouant
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