Looking for opinions/recomendations for 24-port switches

The following is a short-list of 24-port gigabit switches, sorted by
price (low to high) from $370 to $590 (street price).

Looking for comments/recomendations. This is for a small Windoze
network connected to the I-net behind a SpeedStream modem/nat-router.
PC's on the network will be a mix of 98/2K/NT. Netbeiu is main (or
only) file-sharing protocal. TCP will (naturally) be used (mainly for
direct internet access by individual PC's). Only major file-sharing
app will be AccPac (Pervasive SQL).

D-Link DGS-1024D 24-Port 10/100/1000 Unmanaged Layer 2 Gigabit swtc
Netgear JGS524 24-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch
Netgear JGS524F 24-Port 10/100/1000 Gigabit Network Switch
D-Link DGS-1224T 24-Port Layer 2 Gigabit Switch
Netgear GS724T 24-Port Gigabit Smart Switch
Linksys SR2024 24-Port 10/100/1000 Gigabit Desktop Network Switch
3COM 3C17304 24-Port 10/100/1000 SuperStack 3 4228G Switch
Netgear GS524T 24-port 10/100/1000 Copper Gigabit Switch
Linksys SRW2024 24-Port 10/100/1000 Gigabit Managed Network Switch

Haven't looked at gigabit ethernet cards for the PC's. Anything I
should be aware of / look out for? (do they all have drivers for
win-98?)

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Net Guy <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>The following is a short-list of 24-port gigabit switches, sorted by
>price (low to high) from $370 to $590 (street price).
>
>Looking for comments/recomendations. This is for a small Windoze
>network connected to the I-net behind a SpeedStream modem/nat-router.
>PC's on the network will be a mix of 98/2K/NT. Netbeiu is main (or
>only) file-sharing protocal. TCP will (naturally) be used (mainly for
>direct internet access by individual PC's). Only major file-sharing
>app will be AccPac (Pervasive SQL).
>
>D-Link DGS-1024D 24-Port 10/100/1000 Unmanaged Layer 2 Gigabit swtc
>Netgear JGS524 24-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch
>Netgear JGS524F 24-Port 10/100/1000 Gigabit Network Switch
>D-Link DGS-1224T 24-Port Layer 2 Gigabit Switch
>Netgear GS724T 24-Port Gigabit Smart Switch
>Linksys SR2024 24-Port 10/100/1000 Gigabit Desktop Network Switch
>3COM 3C17304 24-Port 10/100/1000 SuperStack 3 4228G Switch
>Netgear GS524T 24-port 10/100/1000 Copper Gigabit Switch
>Linksys SRW2024 24-Port 10/100/1000 Gigabit Managed Network Switch
>
>Haven't looked at gigabit ethernet cards for the PC's. Anything I
>should be aware of / look out for? (do they all have drivers for
>win-98?)


without a server, IMO GBE clients are pointless. A server with a GBE
interface to a switch with all the clients running 100MB is what I
would be planning on. I'd get rid of the 98 machines and moving to an
all-TCP network. (i was once told 98 can be run as TCP only but I
never played with it.)

Go for a managed switch.

How close are you to the 24 port size? If you see yourself hitting
that wall, pick a swicth that has a good sollution for stacking.

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a d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m

Don't blame me. I voted for Gore.

They all look about the same, but you'll need to look more closely at the
specs. The 3COM switch in your list has only 4 ports gigabit, the other port
are only fast ethernet, for example (and its disconitued).

Some of them are managed (like the Netgear GS724T and D-Link DGS-1224T), I'd
go for a managed switch over unmanaged.

Some of them are "last years models", I'd definitely go for the current
version. A lot of them are similar, probably based on the same chipset so it
comes down to service and support.

Plain gigabit is a medium improvement, if you want to see good speed
increases you'll want switches and adapters that support jumbo frames. I
don't think you're going to see a lot of performance with NetBEUI (I could
be wrong though, I stopped using it after Win95).

"Net Guy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> The following is a short-list of 24-port gigabit switches, sorted by
> price (low to high) from $370 to $590 (street price).
>
> Looking for comments/recomendations. This is for a small Windoze
> network connected to the I-net behind a SpeedStream modem/nat-router.
> PC's on the network will be a mix of 98/2K/NT. Netbeiu is main (or
> only) file-sharing protocal. TCP will (naturally) be used (mainly for
> direct internet access by individual PC's). Only major file-sharing
> app will be AccPac (Pervasive SQL).
>
> D-Link DGS-1024D 24-Port 10/100/1000 Unmanaged Layer 2 Gigabit swtc
> Netgear JGS524 24-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch
> Netgear JGS524F 24-Port 10/100/1000 Gigabit Network Switch
> D-Link DGS-1224T 24-Port Layer 2 Gigabit Switch
> Netgear GS724T 24-Port Gigabit Smart Switch
> Linksys SR2024 24-Port 10/100/1000 Gigabit Desktop Network Switch
> 3COM 3C17304 24-Port 10/100/1000 SuperStack 3 4228G Switch
> Netgear GS524T 24-port 10/100/1000 Copper Gigabit Switch
> Linksys SRW2024 24-Port 10/100/1000 Gigabit Managed Network Switch
>
> Haven't looked at gigabit ethernet cards for the PC's. Anything I
> should be aware of / look out for? (do they all have drivers for
> win-98?)



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Net Guy <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>D-Link DGS-1024D 24-Port 10/100/1000 Unmanaged Layer 2 Gigabit swtc
>Netgear JGS524 24-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch
>Netgear JGS524F 24-Port 10/100/1000 Gigabit Network Switch
>D-Link DGS-1224T 24-Port Layer 2 Gigabit Switch
>Netgear GS724T 24-Port Gigabit Smart Switch
>Linksys SR2024 24-Port 10/100/1000 Gigabit Desktop Network Switch
>3COM 3C17304 24-Port 10/100/1000 SuperStack 3 4228G Switch
>Netgear GS524T 24-port 10/100/1000 Copper Gigabit Switch
>Linksys SRW2024 24-Port 10/100/1000 Gigabit Managed Network Switch

Dunno about the others, but I'd take D-Link off the list. I've had
nothing but trouble with their products...

(E-Mail Removed) (Al Dykes) wrote:
>without a server, IMO GBE clients are pointless.

I tend to get 200 megabits between reasonably modern machines doing
file copies over a gigabit network, so it's not completely
unreasonable, and you'll need it someday...

I'd second the reccomendation for a managed switch, and you might want
to think about PoE or other things if you have any use for that kind
of thing now...

Anyone used Zyxel layer 2 manages switches?
http://www.us.zyxel.com/products/cat...lue=1028014886
These are very reasonably priced. I am looking at the ES-2024 which has
2 gigabit uplink ports:
http://tinyurl.com/eqb4t

Randy R